Trichomycetes (Zygomycota) in the Digestive Tract of Arthropods in Amazonas, Brazil

Eight species of Harpellales and three species of Eccrinales (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes) were found associated with the digestive tract of arthropods from terrestrial and aquatic environments in the central Amazon region of Brazil. New species of Harpellales include: Harpella amazonica , Smittium br...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2003-09, Vol.98 (6), p.799-810
Main Authors: Alencar, Yamile B, Ríos-Velásquez, Claudia M, Lichtwardt, Robert W, Hamada, Neusa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arthropods - microbiology
Brazil
Coleoptera
Coleoptera - Diplopoda - Diptera - fungi - Trichomycetes
Diplopoda
Diptera
Enterobryus
fungi
Fungi - classification
Fungi - cytology
Fungi - isolation & purification
Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology
Genistellospora tropicalis
Harpella amazonica
Leidyomyces attenuatus
PARASITOLOGY
Passalomyces compressus
Smittium aciculare
Smittium brasiliense
Smittium culisetae
Stachylina paucispora
Trichomycetes
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Zygomycota
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Summary:Eight species of Harpellales and three species of Eccrinales (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes) were found associated with the digestive tract of arthropods from terrestrial and aquatic environments in the central Amazon region of Brazil. New species of Harpellales include: Harpella amazonica , Smittium brasiliense , Genistellospora tropicalis in Simuliidae larvae and Stachylina paucispora in Chironomidae larvae. Axenic cultures of S. brasiliense were obtained. Probable new species of Enterobryus (Eccrinales), Harpella , and Stachylina (Harpellales) are described but not named. Also reported are the previously known species of Eccrinales, Passalomyces compressus and Leidyomyces attenuatus in adult Coleoptera (Passalidae), and Smittium culisetae and Smittium aciculare (Harpellales) in Culicidae and Simuliidae larvae, respectively. Comments on the distribution of some of these fungi and their hosts in the Neotropics are provided.
ISSN:1678-8060
0074-0276
0074-0276
1678-8060
DOI:10.1590/S0074-02762003000600016