Sex of Host Specificity and Position Specificity of Certain Species of Laboulbenia on Bembidion Picipes

Benjamin, R. K.; Shanor, Leland

doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1952.tb14255.x

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“…For example, 13 species of Chitonomyces can be observed on restricted positions of the aquatic diving beetle Laccophilus maculosus . Based on the combination of molecular and ecological data, Goldmann and Weir () confirmed that sexual transmission is the mechanism behind the observed position specificity patterns, as suggested by Benjamin and Shanor ().…”

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Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations

Haelewaters

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Pfister

2018

Ecology and Evolution

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The aim of this study was to explore the diversity of ectoparasitic fungi (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) that use bat flies (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) as hosts. Bat flies themselves live as ectoparasites on the fur and wing membranes of bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera); hence this is a tripartite parasite system. Here, we collected bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales, and conducted phylogenetic analyses of Laboulbeniales to contrast morphology with ribosomal sequence data. Parasitism of bat flies by Laboulbeniales arose at least three times independently, once in the Eastern Hemisphere (Arthrorhynchus) and twice in the Western Hemisphere (Gloeandromyces, Nycteromyces). We hypothesize that the genera Arthrorhynchus and Nycteromyces evolved independently from lineages of ectoparasites of true bugs (Hemiptera). We assessed phylogenetic diversity of the genus Gloeandromyces by considering the LSU rDNA region. Phenotypic plasticity and position‐induced morphological adaptations go hand in hand. Different morphotypes belong to the same phylogenetic species. Two species, G. pageanus and G. streblae, show divergence by host utilization. In our assessment of coevolution, we only observe congruence between the Old World clades of bat flies and Laboulbeniales. The other associations are the result of the roosting ecology of the bat hosts. This study has considerably increased our knowledge about bats and their associated ectoparasites and shown the necessity of including molecular data in Laboulbeniales taxonomy.

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Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations

Haelewaters

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Pfister

2018

Ecology and Evolution

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“…A prime example is that foci of infection are often sexually dimorphic as a result of the male superior position during mating. Spores from thalli growing on the elytra of the female are transferred to the ventral surface of the male and vice versa, reinforcing the pattern (Benjamin and Shanor, 1952;De Kesel, 1993, 1995Hedström, 1994;Scheloske, 1976). This type of localized infection has been reported for H. virescens on the coccinellids Chilocorus bipustulatus (L.) (Applebaum et al, 1971) and Adalia bipunctata (L.) (Welch et al, 2001), and supports the sexual transmission hypothesis.…”

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Infection of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales): Role of mating status and aggregation behavior

Nalepa

Weir

2007

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

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“…For a parasite, transfer from one host to another is a crucial phase in the life cycle. For Laboulbeniales, three main avenues of transfer have been suggested: (1) by direct contact between host individuals during copulation (Benjamin and Shanor 1952;Scheloske 1976a, b), (2) by direct contact between hosts in gregarious species (De Kesel 1993, 1995 and (3) indirectly, by spores surviving in the substrate (Arwidsson 1946;Lindroth 1948;Andersen and Skorping 1991).…”

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Infectious intimacy and contaminated caves—three new species of ectoparasitic fungi (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) from blaniulid millipedes (Diplopoda: Julida) and inferences about their transmittal mechanisms

Enghoff

Santamaria

2015

Org Divers Evol

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Laboulbeniales is an order of more than 2000 species of small ascomycete fungi which are ectoparasites of insects, millipedes and mites. They are often highly hostspecific and often are also highly specific with regard to which body parts they infect. Laboulbeniales from millipedes are particularly poorly known-only 12 species have been described until now, mostly from Europe. Here, we describe the first laboulbeniaceous parasites from blaniulid millipedes: Troglomyces bilabiatus from Acipes spp., Troglomyces pusillus from Iberoiulus cavernicola Ceuca, 1967 and Troglomyces triandrus from Archiboreoiulus palidus (BradeBirks, 1920). The generic description of Troglomyces is emended. Different types of site specificity of the three new parasites, as well as of previously described species, are explained in terms of aspects of host biology: mating behaviour and habitat. Species from epigean hosts tend to show a high degree of site specificity suggesting transfer during host copulation, whereas most species from cave hosts show no pronounced site specificity and are probably transferred via the substrate. Possible roles of host defensive secretions and parthenogenesis in relation to infection with Laboulbeniales are briefly discussed.

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Sex of Host Specificity and Position Specificity of Certain Species of Laboulbenia on Bembidion Picipes

Cited by 34 publications

References 6 publications

Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations

Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations

Infection of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales): Role of mating status and aggregation behavior

Infectious intimacy and contaminated caves—three new species of ectoparasitic fungi (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) from blaniulid millipedes (Diplopoda: Julida) and inferences about their transmittal mechanisms

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