Listov M V
Parazitologiia. 1979 Jul-Aug;13(4):429-35.
Studies were conducted of diseases of Tribolium destructor and T. confusum caused by parasites of the fat body, microsporidians of Nosema whitei and coccidians of Adelina tribolii. The infection of larvae of tenebrionid beetles with microsporidians and coccidians results in substantial changes in the metabolism of insects-hosts (respiratory metabolism is disturbed and activity of tissue catalase is reduced). Physiological characteristics of uninfected larvae of T. confusum and T. destructor differ considerably. In T. destructor the disease is more acute in its character and is accompanied by more sharp changes in metabolism as compared to T. confusum. On the basis of experiments conducted the author came to the conclusion that parasitic protozoans affect the physiological state of tenebrionid beetles in many ways. On the other hand the tenebrionids themselves are somehow affected by the host that apparently is stipulated by physiological and biochemical peculiarities of the organism of the latter.
针对由脂肪体寄生虫、白氏微孢子虫（Nosema whitei）和赤拟谷盗艾美球虫（Adelina tribolii）引起的赤拟谷盗（Tribolium destructor）和杂拟谷盗（T. confusum）疾病进行了研究。拟步甲幼虫被微孢子虫和球虫感染后，会导致昆虫宿主的新陈代谢发生显著变化（呼吸代谢受到干扰，组织过氧化氢酶活性降低）。未感染的杂拟谷盗和赤拟谷盗幼虫的生理特征有很大差异。与杂拟谷盗相比，赤拟谷盗的疾病特征更为急性，其新陈代谢的变化也更为剧烈。基于所进行的实验，作者得出结论：寄生原生动物在许多方面影响拟步甲的生理状态。另一方面，拟步甲本身也受到宿主的某种影响，这显然是由后者生物体的生理和生化特性所决定的。
