A new Coelomomyces pathogenic to mosquitoes in Costa Rica.
A new species of fungus belonging to the lethal genus Coelomomyces, C. neotropicus, is described and illustrated. It was found parasitizing larvae of two species of Culicidae, Culex pilosus and Aedes sp., in a lowland tropical wet forest swamp in northeast Costa Rica.
Lichtwardt
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Department of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
Gómez
L D
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D000330:Aedes / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D001754:Blastocladiella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003364:Costa Rica; D003465:Culex / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning