First report of a trichomycete fungus (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes) inhabiting larvae of Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Galapagos Islands

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Nelder, Mark P ^a   McCreadie, John W ^a   Coscarón, Cecilia ^b   Brockhouse, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecuador; Endobionts; Gut fungi; Streams; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FUNGI; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM; SMITTIUM; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 6344221995     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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