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A new species of Laboulbenia parasitic on tiger beetles

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Laboulbenia phaeoxanthae sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) parasitic on the tiger beetle Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis bifasciata (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) from Brazil is described. The new species seems to be closely related to Laboulbenia pheropsophi, but can be distinguished from the latter by the much more slender and elongate habit, and by the different structure of the appendages. The new species is only the second Laboulbeniales species reported on tiger beetles. The widespread Laboulbenia variabilis was previously recorded on Tetracha fulgida from Ecuador.

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  1. Department LOEL, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Strenzfelder Allee 28, D-06406, Bernburg, Germany

    Erik Arndt

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Coppito, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, I-67100, L’Aquila, Italy

    Walter Rossi

  3. Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology, Tropical Ecology Working Group, August-Thienemann-Str. 2, D-24306, Plön, Germany

    Matthias Zerm

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Arndt, E., Rossi, W. & Zerm, M. A new species of Laboulbenia parasitic on tiger beetles. Mycol Progress 2, 123–126 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0049-0

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