Table 1.
Rickettsia with no known vertebrate pathogenic effects reported from various invertebrates (excluding ticks).
| host organism | phenotype | reference |
|---|---|---|
| arthropods | ||
| mites (Acari) | ||
| Tetranychus urticae (Tetranychidae) | not known | Hoy & Jeyaprakash (2005) |
| beetles (Coleoptera) | ||
| Adalia bipunctata (Coccinellidae) | male-killing | Werren et al. (1994) |
| Adalia decempunctata (Coccinellidae) | male-killing | von der Schulenburg et al. (2001) |
| Brachys tessellatus (Buprestidae) | male-killing | Lawson et al. (2001) |
| Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Scolytidae) | not known | Zchori-Fein et al. (in press) |
| Kytorhinus sharpianus (Bruchidae) | not known | Fukatsu & Shimada (1999) |
| springtails (Collembola) | ||
| Onychiurus sinensis (Onychiuridae) | not known | GenBank AY712949 |
| flies (Diptera) | ||
| Culicoides sonorensis (Ceratopogonidae) | not known | Campbell et al. (2004) |
| Limonia chorea (Limoniidae) | not known | GenBank AF322443 |
| true bugs (Hemiptera) | ||
| Acyrthosiphon pisum (Aphididae) | reduced fecundity, weight | Chen et al. (1996); Sakurai et al. (2005) |
| Bemisia tabaci (Aleyrodidae) | not known | Gottlieb et al. (in press) |
| Empoasca papayae (Cicadellidae) | papaya bunchy top disease | Davis et al. (1998) |
| wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||
| Neochrysocharis formosa (Eulophidae) | parthenogenesis | Hagimori et al. (2006) |
| booklice (Psocoptera) | ||
| Liposcelis bostrychophila (Liposcelididae) | oogenesis | Yusuf & Turner (2004) |
| other | ||
| leeches (Hirudinida) | ||
| Hemiclepsis marginata (Glossiphoniidae) | not known | Kikuchi et al. (2002) |
| Torix tagoi (Glossiphoniidae) | larger body size | Kikuchi et al. (2002), Kikuchi & Fukatsu (2005) |
| Torix tukubana | larger body size | Kikuchi & Fukatsu (2005) |
| amoebae | ||
| Nuclearia pattersoni (Nucleariidae) | not known | Dykova et al. (2003) |