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Symbiotic Harpellales (Trichomycetes) in Tasmanian aquatic insects
Leonard C Ferrington1, Robert W Lichtwardt, Barbara Hayford
1Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St Paul 55108-6125, USA. ferri016@umn.edu
Abstract:
Surveys for symbiotic fungi in the guts of aquatic insect larvae (Trichomycetes: Harpellales) in Tasmania, Australia, resulted in the discovery of four new species: two in Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) nymphs, Plecopteromyces leptoperlarum and P. trinotoperlarum, and two associated with Diptera larvae, Smittium magnosporum in Thaumaleidae and Stachylina dolichospora in Chironomidae. Previously described species of Harpellales from other localities are reported and new host records summarized. A key to all Tasmanian species of Harpellales is provided.
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