Prevalence of Harpellales from Chironomidae larvae in phytotelmata from Punta Lara Forest, Argentina

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Siri, Augusto ^a   Marti, Gerardo A ^b   Lastra, Claudia C López ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^b Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Diptera; Harpellales; Phytotelmata; Trichomycetes

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLY; FUNGUS; LARVA; PH;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; PUNTA LARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; ERYNGIUM; FUNGI; HARPELLALES; HEXAPODA; METRIOCNEMUS; POLYPEDILUM; SMITTIUM PHYTOTELMATUM; STACHYLINA LENTICA; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ERYNGIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TREE; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ERYNGIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; TREES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 52649125572     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/07-036R     Document Type: Article

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