Prevalence and association of the laboulbenialean fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae) on coccinellid hosts (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Kentucky, USA

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 799-804

  Harwood, James D ^a   Ricci, Carlo ^b   Romani, Roberto ^b   Pitz, Kevin M ^a   Weir, Alex ^c   Obrycki, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Ectoparasitic fungi; Insect associated fungi; Laboulbeniales

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FUNGUS; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CASTANEA PUMILA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; CYCLONEDA MUNDA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS QUADRANGULATA; FUNGI; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HESPEROMYCES VIRESCENS; HYPERASPIS; INSECTA; LABOULBENIACEAE; LABOULBENIALES; POA; PSYLLOBORA; QUERCUS MUEHLENBERGII;

EID: 33750284323     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.109     Document Type: Article

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