Entomophthora

Entomophthora
Entomophthora muscae infesting the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
Subdivision: Entomophthoromycotina
Order: Entomophthorales
Family: Entomophthoraceae
Genus: Entomophthora
Fresen. (1856)
Type species
Entomophthora muscae
(Cohn) Fresen. (1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Empusa Cohn (1855)
  • Myiophyton Lebert (1857)
  • Lamia Nowak. (1884)
  • Empusa subgen. Triplosporium Thaxt. (1888)
  • Culicicola Nieuwl. (1916)
  • Entomophthora Krenner (1961)
  • Triplosporium (Thaxt.) A.Batko (1964)

Entomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn in 1856.[2]

Species

  • E. aphrophorae
  • E. arrenoctona
  • E. bereshkovaeana
  • E. blissi
  • E. brevinucleata
  • E. bullata
  • E. byfordii
  • E. calliphorae
  • E. chromaphidis
  • E. cimbicis
  • E. cleoni
  • E. coleopterorum
  • E. colorata
  • E. culicis
  • E. destruens
  • E. dissolvens
  • E. egressa
  • E. erupta
  • E. exitialis
  • E. ferdinandii
  • E. grandis
  • E. helvetica
  • E. hylemyiae
  • E. inexpectata
  • E. israelensis
  • E. jassi
  • E. lauxaniae
  • E. lavrovii
  • E. leyteensis
  • E. muscae
  • E. myrmecophaga
  • E. oehrensiana
  • E. pallida
  • E. pelliculosa
  • E. philippinensis
  • E. phryganeae
  • E. planchoniana
  • E. plusiae
  • E. pooreana
  • E. pseudococci
  • E. punctata
  • E. pustulata
  • E. pyralidarum
  • E. reticulata
  • E. richteri
  • E. richteri
  • E. scatophaga
  • E. schizophorae
  • E. schroeteri
  • E. simulii
  • E. sphaerosperma
  • E. staritzii
  • E. syrphi
  • E. thaxteri
  • E. thripidum
  • E. trinucleata
  • E. weberi
  • E. zabri

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy: Entomophthora Fresen.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  2. ↑ Fresenius G. (1856). "Notiz, Insecten-Pilze betreffend". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 14: 882–883.

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