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Fungal Symbionts (Harpellales) in Norwegian Aquatic Insect Larvae
White, Merlin Milton Lichtwardt, Robert W.
White, Merlin Milton
Lichtwardt, Robert W.
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Collections of aquatic insect larvae in Norway, over a 40 d period in May and Aug 2002, resulted in finding more than 25 species and one new genus of Harpellales (Trichomycetes). Nine new fungal symbionts are described and named: Ephemerellomyces aquilonius (a new monotypic genus), Glotzia stenospora and Legeriosimilis europaeus in mayfly nymphs (Ephemeroptera); Genistelloides amplispora and G. communis in stonefly nymphs (Plecoptera); and Smittium biforme, Sm. precipitiorum, Stachylina acutibasilaris and St. lentica in midge larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Two possibly new species of Smittium in Chironomidae larvae are described but not formally named. New hosts and biogeographical distributions are recorded for 14 previously described species, including the rare occurrence of Smittium simulii in
mosquito larvae.
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2004-07-01
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Mycological Society of America
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biogeography,, Diptera, Ephemeroptera, gut fungi, Plecoptera, symbiosis, Thaumaleidae, Trichomycetes
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White, Merlin M.; Lichtwardt, Robert W. (2004). "Fungal Symbionts (Harpellales) in Norwegian Aquatic Insect Larvae." Mycologia, 96(4):891-910. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.2307/3762122