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Fungal pathogens occurring on orthopterida in Thailand
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Document Title
Fungal pathogens occurring on orthopterida in Thailand
Author
Thanakitpipattana D., Tasanathai K., Mongkolsamrit S., Khonsanit A., Lamlertthon S., Luangsa-Ard J.J.
Name from Authors Collection
Scopus Author ID
24376498000
Scopus Author ID
37102962800
Scopus Author ID
35604975600
Affiliations
Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team, Bioscience and Biotechnology for Agriculture (BBR) BIOTEC, NSTDA, 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong LuangPathum Thani 12120, Thailand; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, 65000, Thailand
Type
Article
Source Title
Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
ISSN
00315850
Year
2020
Volume
44
Page
140-160
Open Access
All Open Access, Green
Publisher
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
DOI
10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.06
Format
Abstract
Two new fungal genera and six species occurring on insects in the orders Orthoptera and Phasmatodea (superorder Orthopterida) were discovered that are distributed across three families in the Hypocreales. Sixty-seven sequences generated in this study were used in a multi-locus phylogenetic study comprising SSU, LSU, TEF, RPB1 and RPB2 together with the nuclear intergenic region (IGR). These new taxa are introduced as Metarhizium gryllidicola, M. phasmatodeae, Neotorrubiella chinghridicola, Ophiocordyceps kobayasii, O. krachonicola and Petchia siamensis. Petchia siamensis shows resemblance to Cordyceps mantidicola by infecting egg cases (ootheca) of praying mantis (Mantidae) and having obovoid perithecial heads but differs in the size of its perithecia and ascospore shape. Two new species in the Metarhizium cluster belonging to the M. anisopliae complex are described that differ from known species with respect to phialide size, conidia and host. Neotorrubiella chinghridicola resembles Torrubiella in the absence of a stipe and can be distinguished by the production of whole ascospores, which are not commonly found in Torrubiella (except in Torrubiella hemipterigena, which produces multiseptate, whole ascospores). Ophiocordyceps krachonicola is pathogenic to mole crickets and shows resemblance to O. nigrella, O. ravenelii and O. barnesii in having darkly pigmented stromata. Ophiocordyceps kobayasii occurs on small crickets, and is the phylogenetic sister species of taxa in the ‘sphecocephala’ clade. © 2020 Naturalis Biodiversity Center & Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute.
Keyword
Clavicipitaceae | Cordycipitaceae | Entomopathogenic fungi | New taxa | Ophiocordycipitaceae | taxonomy
Industrial Classification
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 1
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 2
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 3
Funding Sponsor
National Science and Technology Development Agency; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Publication Source
Scopus