title: Adelina (Apicomplexa)
text: # Adelina (Apicomplexa)
  
  Adelina is a genus of alveolates within the phylum Apicomplexa. They are coccidian parasites of arthropods and oligochaetes. Host orders include Coleoptera, Diptera, Collembola, Embioptera, Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The genus was created by Hesse in 1911 to accommodate a number of species within the genus Adelea that differed significantly: the sporocysts in Adelina are fewer in number than in Adelea and are spherical instead of being discoidal. The type species is Adelina octospora Hesse.
  
  ### Species
  
  * Adelina akidum Leger 1900
  * Adelina collembolae Purrini 1984
  * Adelina castana Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
  * Adelina cryptocerci Yarwood 1937
  * Adelina domidiata Schneider 1885
  * Adelina doronis Hauschka, 1943
  * Adelina melolonthae Tuzet et al 1965
  * Adelina mesnili Perez 1903
  * Adelina octospora Hesse 1911
  * Adelina palori Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
  * Adelina picei Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
  * Adelina riouxi Levine 1977
  * Adelina schellacki Ray and Dasgupta 1937
  * Adelina sericesthis Weiser and Beard 1959
  * Adelina simplex Schneider 1885
  * Adelina tenebrionis Sautet 1930
  * Adelina tipulae Leger 1897
  * Adelina transita Leger 1904
  * Adelina tribolii Bhatia 1937
  * Adelina zonula Moroff 1906
  
  ## Description
  
  Members of this genus have spherical or subspherical oocysts. The sporocysts are spherical and thick-walled.
  
  