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The pathogens and parasites of Chrysolina fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were investigated. Two different types of pathogen and parasite were recorded in the adults of C. fastuosa: a gregarine belonging to the family Gregarinidae and a nematode parasite member of the family Mermithidae for the first time. The total occurrence rate of the pathogen and parasite of C. fastuosa is 48.2%. The gregarine pathogen and mermithid parasite infection rates are 48.1% and 7.7% respectively. In this study we report a gregarine pathogen and a mermithid parasite of C. fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and their occurrence over a period of two years (2008 and 2009) from Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present study a gregarine parasite is described from Psylliodes cupreus Koch 1803 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Turkey for the first time. Gregarine infection was observed in all localities investigated during the study. Infection in P. cupreus populations was 25%. During the study, several life stages, such as trophozoite, gamont and associative form of the gregarine parasite were observed in the intestine lumen of P. cupreus adults. Measurements of gregarine gamonts and primites-satellites in associations are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]