The Microsporid Beetles (Myxophaga: Microsporidae) of South Africa

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Species list

References

INTRODUCTION

The microsporids of South Africa are currently classified into one family, Microsporidae. The list of species is compiled from Endrödy-Younga (1997). Information about water beetles and their phylogenetic position can be obtained from

The Coleoptera Page of The Tree of Life

Family: MICROSPORIDAE

1. Genus: MICROSPORUS
   1. M. africanus Endrödy-Younga

      Microsporus africanus Endrödy-Younga 1997: 309-311.
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Northern Province, to Mozambique; November, February to May.
      Larvae aquatic. Adults along shores of pans and rivers, and in forest leaf litter.

      
      
   
   

REFERENCES

Endrödy-Younga, S. 1997.

Microsporidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga), a new family for the African continent. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36: 309-311.