New species of Troglomyces and Diplopodomyces (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) from millipedes (Diplopoda)

Abstract

Abstract. We describe five new species of fungi of the order Laboulbeniales Lindau growing on millipedes and belonging to the genera Diplopodomyces W.Rossi & Balazuc and Troglomyces S.Colla.

Studies of Laboulbeniales onMyrmicaants (IV): host-related diversity and thallus distribution patterns ofRickia wasmannii

“…W. Rossi & A. Weir, and Troglomyces S. Colla [15,22,[58][59][60][61]. Similar to our findings with bat fly-associated Laboulbeniales fungi [33], we expect that parasitism of millipedes by Laboulbeniales arose several times independently.…”

New interesting records of three cavernicolous millipede species from the Crimean Peninsula

“…dence. It is also possible that S. kovali is not a specialized troglobite, but rather a geobiont or MSS-dweller which, like the numerous congeners across the Caucasus and elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean (SG, personal observations) that seem to represent geobites, has successfully penetrated quite a few caves in southwestern Crimea. Ectoparasitic fungi Troglomyces manfrediae S. Colla (Colla, 1932) (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) have been revealed on S. kovali collected from the Skelskaya Cave [Santamaría et al, 2018].…”

The first Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniomycetes) from an American millipede, discovered through social media

“…Arthropods of the class Diplopoda, commonly known as millipedes, play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter above and below the ground (Hopkin and Read 1992; David 2015; Reboleira and Enghoff 2015). Millipedes have poor dispersal abilities and consequently show high endemism patterns, converting them into excellent models for the study of Laboulbeniales biogeographical patterns (Santamaria et al 2014(Santamaria et al , 2016(Santamaria et al , 2018Reboleira et al 2018). The gonopores of millipedes are situated on the third body ring from the front, and in the vast majority of millipedes, mating takes place by the introduction of modified appendages (gonopods) on the seventh body ring into the female gonopore; the distribution of laboulbenialean thalli on millipede hosts very often reflects this behavior (Enghoff and Santamaria 2015).…”

“…were reported as "hairs" in internet fora by keepers of millipedes as pets (Santamaría et al 2016). The distribution of T. twitteri thalli on the host body follows a transmission pattern that is associated with mating behavior, the fungi being mostly found around the gonopods/ gonopores of the millipedes (Santamaria et al 2014(Santamaria et al , 2016(Santamaria et al , 2018). However, the thalli observed on Twitter were on the dorsal side of the first two body rings.…”

“…During the last decade, the number of Laboulbeniales species associated with millipedes (Diplopoda) has grown significantly from eight prior to 2014 to a current count of 30 species (Santamaria et al 2014(Santamaria et al , 2016(Santamaria et al , 2018Enghoff and Santamaria 2015;Reboleira et al 2018). These species have been collected in Europe, Macaronesia, the Middle East, Africa, SE Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, but until now, no Laboulbeniales from American millipedes have been reported.…”