Substantial, and significant, expansion of ant hosts range for myrmicinosporidium hölldobler, 1933 (Fungi)

C. Gonçalves; I. Patanita; X. Espadaler

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-012-0232-z

Substantial, and significant, expansion of ant hosts range for myrmicinosporidium hölldobler, 1933 (Fungi)

C. Gonçalves, I. Patanita, X. Espadaler

Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology

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Abstract

Six new genera, three tribes and one subfamily are added to the list of known hosts for the enigmatic endoparasitic fungus Myrmicinosporidium Hölldobler. Aphaenogaster senilis, Cataglyphis hispanica, Crematogaster auberti, Goniomma hispanicum, Messor barbarus, Tapinoma nigerrimum and Tapinoma simrothi were collected from olive groves and detected as infected with spores of the fungus. Pheidole pallidula and Tetramorium semilaeve were also found to be infected. The finding of seven hosts (seven genera, three subfamilies) from a single olive grove is an evidence that the fungus has a phylogenetically wide host spectrum and is, therefore, a generalist microparasite. Portugal is also a new country for Myrmicinosporidium. © International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) 2012.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	395-399
Journal	Insectes Sociaux
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-012-0232-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2012

Keywords

Dolichoderinae
Endoparasitic fungus
New hosts
Olive grove
Portugal

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