TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of a trichomycete fungus (Zygomycota
T2 - Trichomycetes) inhabiting larvae of Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Galapagos Islands
AU - Nelder, Mark P.
AU - McCreadie, John W.
AU - Coscarón, Cecilia
AU - Brockhouse, Charles L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Helmuth Rogg for providing the opportunity for this study. The authors would like to thank the Charles Darwin Foundation and Government of Ecuador for field assistance and permission to collect samples, and TAME for subsidized airfares. We also thank all the students who helped us in the field collections. Funding for this research was provided by the University of South Alabama Faculty of Arts and Science and Graduate School, and by National Science Foundation grant DEB 0075269 awarded to JWM and the University of South Alabama.
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - A collection of the larval black fly Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker was made at six lotic habitats on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, during May 2003. Sixty-eight larvae were assayed for the presence of gut fungi (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes). A trichomycete, designated as Smittium sp. was found inhabiting the hindgut of 17.6% of S. ochraceum s.l. larvae. Implications of this finding with respect to both host and trichomycete biogeography are discussed.
AB - A collection of the larval black fly Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker was made at six lotic habitats on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, during May 2003. Sixty-eight larvae were assayed for the presence of gut fungi (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes). A trichomycete, designated as Smittium sp. was found inhabiting the hindgut of 17.6% of S. ochraceum s.l. larvae. Implications of this finding with respect to both host and trichomycete biogeography are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jip.2004.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jip.2004.06.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 15491597
AN - SCOPUS:6344221995
VL - 87
SP - 39
EP - 44
JO - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
JF - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
SN - 0022-2011
IS - 1
ER -