Malamoeba locustae (King & Taylor)
(a parasitic protozoan)

Interactions where Malamoeba locustae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
cyst		cyst endoparasitises brown or blackened malphigian tube			Locusta migratoria	African Migratory Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				cyst	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Locusta migratoria/	Locusta migratoria	african migratory locust		brown or blackened	malphigian tube
cyst		cyst endoparasitises rectum			Locusta migratoria	African Migratory Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				cyst	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Locusta migratoria/	Locusta migratoria	african migratory locust			rectum
trophozoite		trophozoite endoparasitises brown or blackened malphigian tube			Locusta migratoria	African Migratory Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				trophozoite	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Locusta migratoria/	Locusta migratoria	african migratory locust		brown or blackened	malphigian tube
cyst		cyst endoparasitises brown or blackened malphigian tube			Schistocerca gregaria	Desert Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				cyst	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Schistocerca gregaria/	Schistocerca gregaria	desert locust		brown or blackened	malphigian tube
cyst		cyst endoparasitises rectum			Schistocerca gregaria	Desert Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				cyst	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Schistocerca gregaria/	Schistocerca gregaria	desert locust			rectum
trophozoite		trophozoite endoparasitises brown or blackened malphigian tube			Schistocerca gregaria	Desert Locust	Orthoptera: Acrididae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Protozoa/Malamoeba locustae/	Malamoeba locustae	a parasitic protozoan				trophozoite	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Schistocerca gregaria/	Schistocerca gregaria	desert locust		brown or blackened	malphigian tube

Malamoeba locustae (a parasitic protozoan) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Avery, R.A., 1974	Identification of Animal Parasites	Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Malamoeba locustae (a parasitic protozoan)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Malamoeba locustae (a parasitic protozoan) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Malamoeba locustae (a parasitic protozoan):

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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