New and rare Harpellales from Portugal and northwestern Iberian Peninsula: discovering the hidden mycobiota of Galicia-Tras-os-Montes region.
The species of Harpellales obtained from a survey of the gut fungi of aquatic arthropods in the Galaico-Portuguese region, also known as the Galicia-Trás-os-Montes Zone, are presented. New species include Orphella lusitanica, a close relative of O. helicospora in Plecoptera nymphs and Stachylina pleurospora, in Chironomiidae larvae, both from Galicia and Portugal. Tectimyces gallaecicus, in Ephemeroptera nymphs from Galicia, Spain, morphologically resembles the narrowly distributed T. robustus representing a genus known only from Europe. New geographical records from Portugal include Genistellospora homothallica, Graminella bulbosa, Harpella melusinae, Lancisporomyces vernalis, Legeriomyces ramosus, O. coronata, Simuliomyces microsporus and Smittium simulii. Also three rare taxa are reported from Galicia: Legeriomyces dolabrae and Baetimyces ancorae from Baetidae nymphs and Smittium inexpectans from Chironomidae larvae.
Dept. Animal and Vegetal Biology and Ecology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. laia.guardia@uab.cat
Laia Guardia
LG
Valle
D000818:Animals; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000382:microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D005843:Geography; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D011174:Portugal; D013030:Spain
Kickxellomycotina; Zygomycota; aquatic insects; symbiosis; trichomycetes