550 PROTOZOOLOGY 



Family 9 Dactylophoridae Leger 



Sporadins solitary; epimerite complex, digitate; cysts dehiscence 

 by pseudocyst; spores cylindrical; in gut of chilopods. 



Genus Dactylophorus Balbiani. Protomerite wide, bordered by 

 digitiform processes; spores cylindrical. 



D. robustus Leger (Fig. 235, c, d). Sporadins 700-800/x long; cysts 

 spherical, 200/x in diameter; spores 11m by 4.3/*; in gut of Cryptops 

 hortensis. 



Genus Echinomera Labbe. Epimerite an eccentric cone with 8 or 

 more digitiform processes; cysts without sporoducts; spores cylin- 

 drical. 



E. magalhaesi (Pinto) (Fig. 235, e). Sporadins up to 300m by 70m; 

 in gut of Scolopendra sp. 



Genus Rhopalonia Leger. Epimerite spherical, with 10 or more 

 digitiform processes; pseudocysts; spores cylindrical. 



R. hispida (Schneider) (Fig. 235, /, g). Endoplasm yellowish 

 orange; cysts 200-250// in diameter; spores 16m by 6.5/*; in gut of 

 Geophiles sp. and Stigmatogaster gracilis. 



Genus Dendrorhynchus Keilin. Elongate; epimerite a disc, sur- 

 rounded by numerous ramified papillae; transverse fibrils conspicu- 

 ous; cysts elliptical; spores fusiform. 



D. system K. (Fig. 235, h). Sporadins 255m by 18.5-20^; spores 

 18-19m by In) in midgut of larvae of Systenus sp., a dolichopodid 

 fly, found in decomposed sap of elm tree. 



Genus Trichorhynchus Schneider. Protomerite prolonged ante- 

 riorly into a long neck, dilated at tip; pseudocyst; spores cylindrical 

 to ellipsoidal. 



T. pulcher S. (Fig. 235, i). Cysts 303-3 16m in diameter; spores 

 9.7m by 5.8m; in gut of Scutigera sp. and S. forceps (Watson, 1916). 



Genus Nina Grebnecki (Pterocephalus Schneider). Protomerite 

 made up of 2 long narrow horizontal lobes fused and upturned 

 spirally at one end, peripheral portion with many teeth, from which 

 project long filaments; spores in chain; in gut of myriapods. Species 

 (Watson, 1916). 



N. gracilis G. (Fig. 235, j, k). 1.5-5 mm. long; cyst spherical; 

 spores ellipsoidal ; in the gut of Scolopendra cingulata and S. subspini- 

 pes (Goodrich, 1938). 



Genus Seticephalus Kamm. Protomerite with closely set brush- 

 like bristles. 



S. elegans (Pinto) (Fig. 235, I). Sporadins up to 75m by 35m; cysts 

 and spores unknown; in gut of Scolopendra sp. 



Genus Acutispora Crawley. Solitary; pseudocyst; spore biconical, 



