Seasonality and host usage of trichomycetes in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of southern Alabama, USA

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Nelder, Mark P ^a   Beard, Charles E ^b   McCreadie, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genistellospora; Harpella; Pennella; Phenology; Simuliomyces; Smittium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLA; HARPELLA MELUSINAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DECORUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; SMITTIUM; SPHAERIUS; TRICHOMYCETES;

EID: 72049131062     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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