Four species of entomophthoroid fungi, Pandora neoaphidis (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Entomophthora planchoniana (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) and Neozygites fresenii (Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) were found to infect Aphis craccivora, Therioaphis trifolii, and Acyrthosiphon pisum and unidentified species of Acyrthosi...

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11 Evidence for selective disadvantages of large body size remains scarce in general. Previous 12 phenomenological studies of the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria have demonstrated 13 strong positive sexual and fecundity selection on male and female size. Nevertheless, the body 14 size of flies from a Swiss study population has declined by almost 10% from 1993 to 2009. 15 Given substanti...

The fungus Entomophthora muscae (Entomophthoromycota, Entomophthorales, Entomophthoraceae) is a widespread insect pathogen responsible for fatal epizootic events in many dipteran fly hosts. During epizootics in 2011 and 2012 in Durham, North Carolina, we observed a transition of fungal infections from one host, the plant-feeding fly Delia radicum, to a second host, the predatory fly Coenosia ti...

In temperate regions, insect pathogenic fungi face the challenge of surviving through the winter. Winter is a time when hosts are immobile, low in number or are present in a stage which is not susceptible to infection. Fungi from Entomophthoromycota have so far been known to survive the winter in two ways: either as (1) thick-walled resting spores released into environment from dead hosts, or a...

At least 7 species of Noctuid moths have been reared from caterpillars collected beneath trash in cane fields, and some at least feed at night on leaves of young ratooning sugarcane, the chief offender being Mythimna phaea Hamps. Feeding appeared to be initiated by onset of darkness, but a reduction in numbers feeding occurred before dawn. Natural enemies included 6 Tachinid flies, an Ichneumon...

The natural occurrence of entomophthoralean fungi pathogenic towards aphids on cereal and potato crops was investigated in the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Infected aphids were sampled in three bioclimatic zones in Tunisia (Beja, Cap bon, and Kairouan) and fungal species were determined based on morphological characters such as shape, size, and number of nuclei in the primary conidia. Polymerase...