title: Three new species of Laboulbenia from Roland Thaxter's backlog of slides and a brief review of Laboulbeniales associated with Chrysomelidae.
abstract: Three new species of Laboulbenia parasitic on Chrysomelidae are described from material mounted by Roland Thaxter (1858-1932). These are L. bilobata on Lema spp. from Brazil and Trinidad; L. longipilis from Cameroon; and L. pfisteri on Ivongius sp. from Madagascar. The following species of Laboulbenia on Chrysomelidae are illustrated for the first time: L. macarthurii, L. minuscula, L. nodostomatis, L. obesa, and L. philippina, all of which were described by Thaxter in 1914. A list of all 69 described Laboulbeniales associated with Chrysomelidae is presented in tabulated form.
authors.affiliation: Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 dhaelewaters@fas.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haelewaters
authors.affiliation: Sect. Environmental Sciences, Dept. MeSVA, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D058507:Host Specificity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
keywords: Ascomycota; Farlow Herbarium; Roland Thaxter; leaf beetles; parasitic fungi; taxonomy