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Nine new species of Laboulbeniales parasitic on Staphylinidae from Ecuador are described and illustrated. These are: Corethromyces palumboi, parasitic on Sepedophilus sp. (Tachyporinae); Diandromyces onorei, parasitic on Hypotelus sp. (Piestinae); Dimeromyces osellae, parasitic on Plesiomalota cotopaxiensis Pace (Aleocharinae); Dimorphomyces carolinae, parasitic on Parosus sp. (Oxytelinae); Kleidiomyces ambiguus, parasitic on Anotylus sp. (Oxytelinae); Mimeomyces gregarius, parasitic on Philonthus sp. (Staphylininae); Monoicomyces trogacti, parasitic on Trogactus sp. (Oxytelinae); Scaphidiomyces pusillus, parasitic on Baeocera sp. (Scaphidiinae); and Teratomyces heterothopsis, parasitic on Heterothops sp. (Staphylininae).
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The author wishes to thank the entomologists who kindly identified the host insects: I. Loebl (Switzerland), A. Newton (U.S.A.), G. Makranczy (Hungary) and R. Pace (Italy). The author is also indebted to Á. Barragán, P. M. Giachino, G. Onore, G. B. Osella, A. C. Proaño Castro for provision of infected insects, and to Luigi Cajani for checking the Latin diagnoses. Field research was financially supported by The Ferdinando Peretti Foundation.
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Rossi, W. New Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) parasitic on Staphylinidae from Ecuador. Mycol Progress 9, 407–415 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-009-0650-0
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