Herpomyces | |
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Female thallus of Herpomyces chaetophilus, removed from a Periplaneta americana cockroach | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Laboulbeniomycetes |
Order: | Herpomycetales |
Family: | Herpomycetaceae |
Genus: | Herpomyces Thaxt. 1903 |
Type species | |
Herpomyces periplanetae Thaxt. 1903 | |
Species | |
H. amazonicus Thaxt. 1931 |
Herpomyces is a fungal genus in the order Herpomycetales (Laboulbeniomycetes), with species that are exclusively ectoparasites of members of the Blattodea order (cockroaches). As of 2020, 27 species of Herpomyces are formally described. Members of Herpomyces have been reported from all continents except Antarctica.
See also
References
- Gemeno, Cesar; Zurek, Ludek; Schal, Coby (2004). "Control of Herpomyces spp. (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales) infection in the wood cockroach, Parcoblatta lata (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blattellidae), with benomyl" (PDF). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 85 (2): 132–135. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2004.01.005. PMID 15050844.
- Haelewaters, Danny; Pfliegler, Walter P.; Gorczak, Michał; Pfister, Donald H. (2019). "Birth of an order: Comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study excludes Herpomyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniomycetes) from Laboulbeniales". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 133: 286–301. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.007. hdl:2437/262843. PMID 30625361. S2CID 58645110.
- Gutierrez, Alejandra C.; Ordoqui, Eliana; Leclerque, Andreas; López Lastra, Claudia (2020). "A new species of Herpomyces (Laboulbeniomycetes: Herpomycetales) on Periplaneta fuliginosa (Blattodea: Blattidae) from Argentina". Mycologia. 112 (6): 1184–1191. doi:10.1080/00275514.2020.1726134. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 32297827. S2CID 215795704.
- Wang, Tristan W. (2016). "Farlow Herbarium Cockroach Hosts New Record of Laboulbeniales for North America" (PDF). Rhodora. 118 (973): 26–31. doi:10.3119/15-20. S2CID 88934250.
External links
- A. Glenn Richards, Myrtle N. Smith; Infection of Cockroaches with Herpomyces (Laboulbeniales) II. Histology and Histopathology, . Ann Entomol Soc Am 2014; 49 (1): 85–93. doi: 10.1093/aesa/49.1.85
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Herpomyces |