Prevalence of the trichomycete fungus Harpella melusinae (Harpellales: Harpellaceae) in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) across a heterogeneous environment

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-583

  Beard, Charles E ^a   McCreadie, John W ^b   Adler, Peter H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Fungi; Simulium; Symbiosis; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; FLY; FUNGUS; HOST PREFERENCE; LIFE HISTORY; STREAM; SYMBIOSIS;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLA MELUSINAE; HARPELLACEAE; HARPELLALES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROSIMULIUM; PROSIMULIUM MAGNUM; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM TUBEROSUM; SIMULIUM VENUSTUM; SIMULIUM VERECUNDUM; XYSTREURYS; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0141941646     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833061     Document Type: Article

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