First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa

Hesperomyces virescens is a fungal ectoparasite (Laboulbeniales) that infects adult ladybirds. Research has recently focused on this parasite due to the discovery of its prevalence on the globally invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis and for its potential use in studies of co-evolution and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Haelewaters, Danny, Minnaar, Ingrid A., Clusella-Trullas, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2016
Materias:
Short Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016005
_version_ 1782415073832075264
author Haelewaters, Danny
Minnaar, Ingrid A.
Clusella-Trullas, Susana
author_facet Haelewaters, Danny
Minnaar, Ingrid A.
Clusella-Trullas, Susana
author_sort Haelewaters, Danny
collection PubMed
description Hesperomyces virescens is a fungal ectoparasite (Laboulbeniales) that infects adult ladybirds. Research has recently focused on this parasite due to the discovery of its prevalence on the globally invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis and for its potential use in studies of co-evolution and pathogen spread. We collected adults from ten species of ladybirds in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, and screened for the presence of H. virescens. Infections with H. virescens were found in the samples of two species, H. axyridis and the native Cheilomenes propinqua. This marks the first record of H. virescens on H. axyridis from the African continent and the first record on Cheilomenes worldwide.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4748155
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher EDP Sciences
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-47481552016-02-29 First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa Haelewaters, Danny Minnaar, Ingrid A. Clusella-Trullas, Susana Parasite Short Note Hesperomyces virescens is a fungal ectoparasite (Laboulbeniales) that infects adult ladybirds. Research has recently focused on this parasite due to the discovery of its prevalence on the globally invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis and for its potential use in studies of co-evolution and pathogen spread. We collected adults from ten species of ladybirds in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, and screened for the presence of H. virescens. Infections with H. virescens were found in the samples of two species, H. axyridis and the native Cheilomenes propinqua. This marks the first record of H. virescens on H. axyridis from the African continent and the first record on Cheilomenes worldwide. EDP Sciences 2016 2016-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4748155/ /pubmed/26861616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016005 Text en © D. Haelewaters et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2016 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Note
Haelewaters, Danny
Minnaar, Ingrid A.
Clusella-Trullas, Susana
First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title_full First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title_fullStr First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title_short First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa
title_sort first finding of the parasitic fungus hesperomyces virescens (laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (coleoptera, coccinellidae) in south africa
topic Short Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016005
work_keys_str_mv AT haelewatersdanny firstfindingoftheparasiticfungushesperomycesvirescenslaboulbenialesonnativeandinvasiveladybirdscoleopteracoccinellidaeinsouthafrica
AT minnaaringrida firstfindingoftheparasiticfungushesperomycesvirescenslaboulbenialesonnativeandinvasiveladybirdscoleopteracoccinellidaeinsouthafrica
AT clusellatrullassusana firstfindingoftheparasiticfungushesperomycesvirescenslaboulbenialesonnativeandinvasiveladybirdscoleopteracoccinellidaeinsouthafrica

Ejemplares similares