| nosema adaliae sp. nov., a new microsporidian pathogen from the two-spotted lady beetle, adalia bipunctata l. (coleoptera: coccinellidae) and its relationship to microsporidia that infect other coccinellids. | the two-spotted lady beetle, adalia bipunctata l., is a tree-dwelling lady beetle endemic to parts of europe, central asia and north america that is commercially available for aphid control in europe and north america. lady beetles host a wide variety of symbionts including parasitoids, viruses, eugregarines, fungi, bacteria, nematodes and microsporidia. four species of microsporidia have been described from lady beetles, and an undescribed microsporidium was recently isolated from local populat ... | 2014 | 24135414 |