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New species of Laboulbenia parasitic on leaf beetles

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Seven new species of Laboulbenia parasitic on Chrysomelidae from Ecuador are described. These are Laboulbenia calcarata, parasitic on an unidentified host insect of the tribe Metacyclini (Galerucinae); Laboulbenia flexuosa on Percolaspis sp. (Eumolpinae); Laboulbenia gioiae on Gioia sp. (Galerucinae, Alticini); Laboulbenia megascelidis on Megascelis sp. (Megascelinae); Laboulbenia polyxena on Arescus histrio Baly (Cassidinae, Hispini) and on Aceodromus sp. nova (Acarina, Blattisociidae); Laboulbenia sima on Phyllotrupes sp. (Galerucinae, Alticini); and Laboulbenia yasuniensis on Percolaspis sp. (Eumolpinae). Laboulbenia megascelidis is the first record of Laboulbeniales on Megascelinae. The total number of the Laboulbeniales parasitic on Chrysomelidae is raised to 79, of which 66 belong to the genus Laboulbenia.

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The authors express their gratitude to M. Biondi (Italy), R. W. Flowers (USA), L. Moura (Brazil), C. L. Staines (USA), and F. V. Vencl (USA) for identifying the host insects, and O. D. Seeman (Australia) for identifying the mites. They also wish to thank C. Keil, Director of the Zoological Museum of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE, Quito), and A. Troya, Curator of the Sección de Entomología, Museo Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito), for the loan of insects bearing Laboulbeniales.

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  1. Section of Environmental Sciences, Department of MeSVA, University of L’Aquila, 67100, Coppito, AQ, Italy

    Walter Rossi & Matteo Bernardi

  2. Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Calle Diego de Robles y Via Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador

    Juan A. Torres

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Rossi, W., Bernardi, M. & Torres, J.A. New species of Laboulbenia parasitic on leaf beetles. Mycol Progress 15, 4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1146-8

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