title: Syspastospora parasitica, a mycoparasite of the fungus Beauveria bassiana attacking the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata: a tritrophic association.
abstract: A tritrophic association is reported, involving a Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) infected with Beauveria bassiana, which in turn was infected with Syspastospora parasitica.
authors.affiliation: Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Bldg. 011A, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Posada
authors.forename: Fernando E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rehner
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blackwell
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Sung-Oui
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Humber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D020387:Food Chain; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*