A New Larval Entomophthora

Entomophthora syrphi, a new species of Entomophthorales for Iran

After heavy rainfalls in late Apr. of 2010 in Tehran, an epizootic occurred amongst hoverflies (Eupeodes corollae Fabricius) population in green spaces of Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, caused by an entomopathogenic fungus. Infected flies fixed to the upper parts of whitetop (Lepidium draba L.) and small tumbleweed mustard (Sisymbrium loeslii L.) plants with their proboscis and...

entomophthora syrphi, a new species of entomophthorales for iran

after heavy rainfalls in late apr. of 2010 in tehran, an epizootic occurred amongst hoverflies (eupeodes corollae fabricius) population in green spaces of iranian research institute of plant protection, caused by an entomopathogenic fungus. infected flies fixed to the upper parts of whitetop (lepidium draba l.) and small tumbleweed mustard (sisymbrium loeslii l.) plants with their proboscis and...

Di¡erential divergencesofobligately insect-pathogenic Entomophthora species from£yandaphid hosts

Three DNA regions (ITS 1, LSU rRNA and GPD) of isolates from the insectpathogenic fungus genus Entomophthora originating from different fly (Diptera) and aphid (Hemiptera) host taxa were sequenced. The results documented a large genetic diversity among the fly-pathogenic Entomophthora and only minor differences among aphid-pathogenic Entomophthora. The evolutionary time of divergence of the fly...

a new approach to distinguish a. stephensi from a. superpictus at the larval stage

in order to find a taxonomical difference between the larvae of a. stephensi and a. superpietus, 100 larvae of each species were taken and the number of branchings of the middle prothoracic hairs in the direction of the outer prothoracic hair were counted. the means found for a. stephensi and a. superpictus are 11.20 and 13.11 respectively, which are statistically significant. further studies o...

A new larval diet for colonization of Phlebotominae sand flies.