HYPERMASTIGINA 287 



Family 8 Teratonymphidae Koidzumi 



Genus Teratonympha Koidzumi {Cyclonympha Dogiel). Large 

 and elongate; transversely ridged, and presents a metameric ap- 

 pearance; each ridge with a single row of flagella; no cytostome; 

 anterior end complex, containing a nucleus; reproduction by 

 longitudinal fission; in termite gut. 



T. mirahilis K. (Fig. 131, g). 200-300^ or longer by 40-50ai; in 

 Reticulitermes speratus of Japan. 



References 



Cleveland, L. R. 1925 The effects of oxygenation and starva- 

 tion on the symbiosis between the termite, Termopsis, and 

 its intestinal flagellates. Biol. Bull., Vol. 48. 



and others 1934 The wood-feeding roach, Cryptocercus, 



its Protozoa, and the symbiosis between Protozoa and roach. 

 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. 17. 



Dogiel, V. 1922 Untersuchungen an parasitischen Protozoen 

 aus dem Darmkanal der Termiten. III. Trichonymphidae. 

 Arch. soc. Russe Protist., Vol. 1. 



Janicki, D. v. 1910, 1915 Untersuchungen an parasitischen 

 Flagellaten. I, II. Zeitschr. wiss. Zool., Vols. 95, 112. 



KiRBY, H. 1926 On Staurojoenina assimilis sp. nov., an intestinal 

 flagellate from the termite, Kalotermes minor Hagen. Uni. 

 Calif. Publ. Zool., Vol. 29. 



1932 flagellates of the genus Trichonympha in termites. 



Ibid., Vol. 37. 



KoFoiD, C. A. and Olive Sw^ezy 1919, 1926 Studies on the 

 parasites of termites. Ibid. Vols. 20, 28. 



Koidzumi, M. 1921 Studies on the intestinal Protozoa found in 

 the termites of Japan. Parasit., Vol. 13. 



Kudo, R. 1926 Observations on Lophomonas hlattarum, a flagel- 

 late inhabiting the colon of the cockroach, Blatta orienialis. 

 Arch. f. Protistenk., Vol. 53. 



Sutherland, J. L. 1933 Protozoa from Australian termites 

 Quart. Jour. Micr. Sci., Vol. 76. 



