| first record of ascogregarina taiwanensis (apicomplexa: lecudinidae) in north american aedes albopictus. | aedes albopictus collected in the east st. louis, illinois, area were found infected with the gregarine protozoan, ascogregarina taiwanensis. infection rates varied from 67 to 95% at 4 sites and 0 to 10% at 2 others. lower infection levels were found in ae. epactius (42%) and culex restuans (one larva). four mosquito species were cross-infected in the laboratory with gregarines isolated from field-collected hosts. aedes atropalpus was 90% susceptible to a. taiwanensis (100% in ae. albopictus), w ... | 1990 | 2370530 |