Entomophthora
| Entomophthora | |
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| Entomophthora muscae infesting the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Zygomycota |
| Subdivision: | Entomophthoromycotina |
| Class: | Entomophthorales |
| Order: | Entomophthorales |
| Family: | Entomophthoraceae |
| Genus: | Entomophthora Fresen. (1856) |
| Type species | |
| Entomophthora muscae (Cohn) Fresen. (1856) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Entomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn in 1856.[2]
Species
- E. aphrophorae
- E. arrenoctona
- E. bereshkovaeana
- E. blissi
- E. brevinucleata
- E. bullata
- E. byfordii
- E. calliphorae
- E. chromaphidis
- E. cimbicis
- E. cleoni
- E. coleopterorum
- E. colorata
- E. culicis
- E. destruens
- E. dissolvens
- E. egressa
- E. erupta
- E. exitialis
- E. ferdinandii
- E. grandis
- E. helvetica
- E. hylemyiae
- E. inexpectata
- E. israelensis
- E. jassi
- E. lauxaniae
- E. lavrovii
- E. leyteensis
- E. muscae
- E. myrmecophaga
- E. oehrensiana
- E. pallida
- E. pelliculosa
- E. philippinensis
- E. phryganeae
- E. planchoniana
- E. plusiae
- E. pooreana
- E. pseudococci
- E. punctata
- E. pustulata
- E. pyralidarum
- E. reticulata
- E. richteri
- E. richteri
- E. scatophaga
- E. schizophorae
- E. schroeteri
- E. simulii
- E. sphaerosperma
- E. staritzii
- E. syrphi
- E. thaxteri
- E. thripidum
- E. trinucleata
- E. weberi
- E. zabri
References
- ↑ "Synonymy: Entomophthora Fresen.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
- ↑ Fresenius G. (1856). "Notiz, Insecten-Pilze betreffend". Botanische Zeitung (in German) 14: 882–883.