Entomopathogenic fungi of the order Entomophthorales (Zygomycotina) in adult black fly populations (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Quebec.
Infections by insect-pathogenic fungi of the order Entomophthorales in two adult black fly populations were studied in the Réserve Faunique du Saint-Maurice (Quebec). Entomophaga near limoniae infected Simulium verecundum/rostratum in June whereas Erynia curvispora predominantly parasitized Simulium decorum from the 2nd week of July to September and Erynia conica attacked the Simulium venustum complex, Simulium verecundum/rostratum, and the Simulium vittatum complex from May to September. The fungi did not infect the adult stage of Prosimulium species. Possible evidence of host specificity for Erynia conica is discussed.
Nadeau
M P
MP
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University (Macdonald Campus), Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada.
Dunphy
G B
GB
Boisvert
J L
JL
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology