Laboulbenia formicarum (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), an exotic parasitic fungus, on an exotic ant in France

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-44

  Espadaler, X ^a   Lebas, C ^b   Wagenknecht, J ^b   Tragust, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Biology I ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; ECTOPARASITE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LABOULBENIA; LABOULBENIALES; LASIUS;

EID: 80053466056     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Balazuc J 1973. Laboulbéniales de France. Bull Mens Soc Linn Soc Botan Lyon 42: 244-256.
2. Balazuc J 1974. Laboulbéniales de France (suite). Bull Mens Soc Linn Soc Botan Lyon 43: 12-21,57-64,73-79, 253-262, 295-315,346-368.
3. Benjamin RK, Shanor L 1950. Discovery of dioecism in Ixibooulbeniaformicarum. Science 111: 33-34.
4. Bequaert J 1920. A new host of Ixiboulbenia formicarum Thaxter, with remarks on the fungous parasites of ants. Bull Entornai Soc Brooklyn 15:71-79.
5. Cavara F 1899. Di una nuova Laboulbeniacea Rickia wasmannii nov.gen.nov.spec. Malpighia 13: 173-188.
6. Cole AC 1935. Laboalhenia formicarum Thaxter, a fungus infesting some Idaho ants, and a list of its known North American hosts (Hym: Formicidae). Entomol News 46: 24.
7. Cole AC 1949. New ant hosts of the fungus Ixiboulbenia formicarum Thaxter. Entomol News 60: 17.
8. Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout FP, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Seifert B, Hughes DP, Schul z A, Petersen KS, Konrad H, Stauffer C, Kiran K, Espadaler X, D'Ettore PAktaç N, Eilenberg J, Jones G, Nash D, Pedersen JS, Boomsma JJ 2008. The Evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS ONE 3: (l2)e3838.
9. Czechowski W, Radchenko A, Czechowska W 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Poland. Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. Warszawa, Poland.
10. Davis A 2009. Invasion biology. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
11. Desprez-Loustau ML, Robin C. Buée M, Courtecuisse R, Garbaye J, Suffert F, Sache I, Rizzo DM 2007. The fungal dimension of biological invasions. Trends Ecol Evol 22: 472-480. (Pubitemid 47225191)
12. Desprez-Loustau ML, Courtecuisse R, Robin C, Husson C, Moreau PA, Blancard D, Selosse MA, Lung-Escarmant B, Piou D, Sache I 2010. Species diversity and drivers of spread of alien fungi (sensu lato) in Europe with a particular focus on France. Biol Invasions 12: 157-172.
13. Espadaler X, Bernai V 2010. Lasius neglectus, a polygynous, sometimes invasive ant. http://www.creaf.uab.es/Lasius/ index.htpm Last access: June 10,2010.
14. Espadaler X, Blasco J 1991. Laboulbenia camponoti Batra, 1963 (Fungi, Ascomycotina) en Aragón. Lucas Mallada 2: 75-80.
15. Espadaler X, Lodos N 1983. Camponotus baldaccii Emery (Hymenoptera) parasitized by Ixiboulbenia camponoti Batra (Ascomycetes). Turk J Plant Protection 1: 217-219.
16. Espadaler X, Santamaria S 2003. Ixiboulbenia formicarum crosses the Atlantic. Or.sis 18: 97-101.
17. Espadaler X, Tartally A, Schulz C, Seifert B, Nagy C 2007. Regional trends and preliminary results on local expansion rate in the garden invasive ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 54: 293-301. (Pubitemid 47283068)
18. Herraiz JA, Espadaler X 2007. Ixiboiilbeniaformicarum (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) reaches the Mediterranean. Sociobiology 50: 449-455. (Pubitemid 47047726)
19. Judd WW, Benjamin RK 1958. The ant Ixisius alienas (Foerster) parasitized by the fungus Ixiboulbenia formicarum Thaxter at London, Ontario. Can Entomol 90: 419.
20. Kolar CS, Lodge DM 2001. Progress in invasion biology: predicting invaders. Trends Ecol Evol 16: 199-204. (Pubitemid 32197567)
21. Mack RN, Simberioff D, Lonsdale WM, Evans H, Clout M, Bazzaz FA 2000. Biotic invasions: Causes, epidemiology, global consequences, and control. Ecol Applications 10: 689-710. (Pubitemid 32139517)
22. Nuhn TP, van Dyke CG 1979. Ixiboulbenia formicarum Thaxter (Ascomycotina: Laboulbeniales) on ants (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Raleigh, North Carolina with a new host record. Proc Entomol Soc Washington 81: 101 -104.
23. Parker IM, Gilbert GS 2004. The evolutionary ecology of novel plant-pathogen interactions. Annu Rev Ecol Evol Swst 35: 675-700. (Pubitemid 40059735)
24. Santamaria S 2001. Los Laboulbeniales, un grupo enigmático de hongos parásitos de insectos. Ixi:aroa 22: 3-19.
25. Seifert B 2000. Rapid range expansion in Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)- an Asian invader swamps in Europe. Deal Entomol Z47: 173-179.
26. Seifert B 2007. Die Ameisen Mittel- und Nordeuropas. Lutra Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft. Tauer, Germany.
27. Smith MR 1917. An infestation of Ixisius niger L. var. americana with Ixiboulbeniaformicarum Thaxter. J Econom Entomol 10: 447.
28. Smith MR 1928. Remarks concerning the distribution and hosts of the parasitic ant fungus Ixiboiilbenia formicarum Thaxter. Bull Brooklyn Entomol Soc 23: 104-106.
29. Smith MR 1946. Ant hosts of the fungus, Laboulbenia formicarum Thaxter. Proc Entomol Soc Washington 48: 29-31
30. Smith MR 1961. Another ant genus host of the parasitic fungus Ixiboulbenia Robin. Proc Entomol Soc Washington 63: 58.
31. Tartally A, Szucs B, Ebsen JR 2007. The first records of Rickia wasmannii Cavara, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica Latreille, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales; Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecol News 10: 123.
32. Tavares I 1985. Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycetes). Mvcol Memo): 1-627.
33. Thaxter R 1908. Contribution towards a monograph of the Laboulbeniaceae, Part III. Memo Am Acad Arts Sci 13: 217-469.
34. Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Dobson AP, Mckenzie VJ, Kuris AM 2003. Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature 421:6228-6230.
35. Weir A, Blackwell M 2001. Extraction and PCR amplification of DNA from minute ectoparasitic fungi. Mvcologia 93: 802-806.
36. Wetterer JK, Espadaler X, Wetterer AL, Aguin-Pombo D, Aguiar AMF 2006. Long-term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira. Ecol Entomol 31: 358-368. (Pubitemid 44098416)
37. Wheeler WM 1910. Colonies of ants (Ixisius neoniger Emery) infested with Ixiboulbenia formicarum Thaxter. Psvclie 17: 83-86.
38. Williamson M 1996. Biological invasions. Chapman & Hall, London.