title: [First record of Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) on adults of the Paraguay tea psyllid, Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), in Brazil].
abstract: We report the first occurrence of Zoophthora radicans infecting adults of Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles in a commercial Paraguay tea plantation (Ilex paraguariensis), in Cascavel, PR, Brazil. The fungus prevalence was high (90% of mortality), considered a natural epizooty.
authors: Lab. de Zoologia de Invertebrados, CCBS, UNIOESTE, Cascavel, PR. lfaalves@unioeste.br
authors: Luis F A
authors: LF
authors: Alves
authors: Luis G
authors: LG
authors: Leite
authors: Daian G P de
authors: DG
authors: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D020091:Entomophthorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000382:microbiology*