The first Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniomycetes) from an American millipede, discovered through social media
are highly specialized arthropod-associated fungi. The majority of the almost 2200 known species live on insects, although they also occur on other arthropod hosts. Recently, the number of associated with millipedes has increased considerably. Here we describe the first species of a fungus, sp. nov....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:227794 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/227794 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3897/mycokeys.67.51811 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Insecte-fong, Relacions Micologia veterinària Animal-fungus interaction Collections-based research Social media |
| Sumario: | are highly specialized arthropod-associated fungi. The majority of the almost 2200 known species live on insects, although they also occur on other arthropod hosts. Recently, the number of associated with millipedes has increased considerably. Here we describe the first species of a fungus, sp. nov., from an American millipede. The new species was initially discovered on a photo of (Say, 1821) from Ohio, USA, which had been shared on Twitter. A subsequent microscopic study of millipedes in museum collections in Denmark and France confirmed the discovery. |
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