﻿Study on species diversity of Akanthomyces (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) in the Jinyun Mountains, Chongqing, China

Chen, Wan-Hao; Liang, Jian-Dong; Ren, Xiuxiu; Zhao, Jiehong; Han, Yan-Feng

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Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Nyffeler

Hywel‐Jones²

2023

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In this paper the findings of a global literature and social media survey of spider mycoses are presented. Our survey revealed that spider mycoses occur in the geographic belt between latitude 78° N and 52° S, and that more than 40 out of the known 132 spider families (>30%) are attacked by fungal pathogens. Jumping spiders (Salticidae), cellar spiders (Pholcidae), and sheet web spiders (Linyphiidae) are the families most frequently reported to be attacked by fungal pathogens (combined >40% of all reported cases). Ninety-two percent of the infections of spiders can be attributed to pathogens in the order Hypocreales / phylum Ascomycota (i.e., almost exclusively families Cordycipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae). Within the Hypocreales, the anamorph genusGibellulais an historically species-rich and widespread genus of specific spider-pathogenic fungi. For ≈70 species of spider-pathogenic fungi their hosts could be identified at least to family level. The data presented here reaffirms the findings of previous studies that spider-pathogenic fungi are most common and widespread in tropical and subtropical forested areas, with free-living cursorial hunters (especially Salticidae) being most frequently infected. Free-living cursorial hunters (especially Salticidae) and subterranean cellar spiders (Pholcidae) are the most frequently fungus-infected spiders in North America, whereas web-weavers (especially Linyphiidae and Pholcidae) are the most common spider hosts in Europe. Our survey implies that spider- pathogenic fungi are an important mortality factor of spiders which has hitherto been underestimated.

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Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Nyffeler

Hywel‐Jones²

2023

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Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Nyffeler,

Hywel-Jones

2024

The Journal of Arachnology

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Species diversity and major host/substrate associations of the genus Akanthomyces (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae)

Wang,

Luo

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Akanthomyces, a group of fungi with rich morphological and ecological diversity in Cordycipitaceae (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), has a wide distribution amongst diverse habitats. By surveying arthropod-pathogenic fungi in China and Southeast Asia over the last six years, nine Akanthomyces spp. were found and identified. Five of these were shown to represent four known species and an undetermined species of Akanthomyces. Four of these were new species and they were named A. kunmingensis and A. subaraneicola from China, A. laosensis from Laos and A. pseudonoctuidarum from Thailand. The new species were described and illustrated according to the morphological characteristics and molecular data. Akanthomyces araneogenus, which was isolated from spiders from different regions in China, Thailand and Vietnam, was described as a newly-recorded species from Thailand and Vietnam. The phylogenetic positions of the nine species were evaluated, based on phylogenetic inferences according to five loci, namely, ITS, nrLSU, TEF, RPB1 and RPB2. In this study, we reviewed the research progress achieved for Akanthomyces regarding its taxonomy, species diversity, geographic distribution and major host/substrate associations. The morphological characteristics of 35 species in Akanthomyces, including four novel species and 31 known taxa, were also compared.

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Study on species diversity of Akanthomyces (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) in the Jinyun Mountains, Chongqing, China

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Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Species diversity and major host/substrate associations of the genus Akanthomyces (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae)

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﻿Study on species diversity of Akanthomyces (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) in the Jinyun Mountains, Chongqing, China

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Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

﻿Species diversity and major host/substrate associations of the genus Akanthomyces (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae)

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Study on species diversity of Akanthomyces (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) in the Jinyun Mountains, Chongqing, China

Species diversity and major host/substrate associations of the genus Akanthomyces (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae)