Two new Harpellales inhabiting the digestive tracts of midge larvae and other trichomycetes from Tianshan Mountains, China.
Two new taxa of gut fungi within order Harpellales (Kickxellomycotina) are described from a stream in the Tianshan Mountains in northwestern China. These include the new genus and species, Sinotrichium chironomidarum J. Wang, S.Q. Xu & Strongman, and the new species, Stachylina tianensis J. Wang, S.Q. Xu & Strongman, both living in the guts of aquatic chironomid larvae. We also extend the geographic range of Smittium rupestre, previously known only from Australia. A Harpellid specimen not fully identified and a species of Paramoebidium (Amoebidiales) also are documented.
Wang
Juan
J
College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, PR China.
Xu
Shengquan
S
Strongman
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D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D045483:Rivers; D013045:Species Specificity; D013559:Symbiosis