title: First and southernmost records of Hirsutella (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) and Pandora (Zygomycota: Entomophthorales) species infecting Dermaptera and Psocodea.
abstract: We present the first and southernmost records of the fungi Hirsutella strigosa Petch, H. citriformis Speare (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), and Pandora nouryi (Remaudière & Hennebert) Humber (Zygomycota: Entomophthorales) infecting Doru lineare (Eschscholtz) (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), Ectopsocus californicus (Banks) (Psocodea: Ectopsocidae), and Heterocaecilius sp. (Psocodea: Pseudocaeciliidae), respectively. This is the first report of naturally occurring pathogenic fungi infecting Psocoptera, and it is also the first report of P. nouryi from any host outside of the Aphididae. The three fungal species were morphologically described from their host insects and from microscopic preparations. Attempts to obtain pure fungal isolates were unsuccessful but slides and photographs of these fungi were preserved and deposited in mycological collections as herbarium material.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) UNLP-CONICET, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. atoledo@cepave.edu.ar
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Humber
authors.forename: C C López
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lastra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D020091:Entomophthorales / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D029963:Quercus / Q000469:parasitology