title: Neozygites osornensis sp. nov., a fungal species causing mortality to the cypress aphid Cinara cupressi in Chile.
abstract: An entomophthoralean fungus causing epizootics in populations of the cypress aphid, Cinara cupressi Buckton, in Chile is described as a new species, Neozygites osornensis Montalva et Barta. The aphid pathogen is described based on morphological characters. An exhaustive description, illustrations and a comparison with closely related species are provided. The fungus differs from similar Neozygites species by smaller hyphal bodies, nuclei, primary conidia, capilliconidia and capilliphores and by noticeably different shape of capilliconidia. A key to aphid-pathogenic species of Neozygites is also included.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Valdivia, Chile. cristian.montalva@alumnos.uach.cl
authors.forename: Cristian Montalva
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Retamal
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barta
authors.forename: Eladio Rojas
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Eduardo Valenzuela
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000382:microbiology*; D002677:Chile; D029781:Cupressus; D020091:Entomophthorales / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure