NEW SPECIES OF LABOULBENIALES (FUNGI, ASCOMYCETES) FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Four new species of Laboulbeniales occurring on beetles (Coleoptera) f rom Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia, are described and illustrated: Cucu jomyces celebensis sp.nov. parasitic on Hyliota sp. (Cucujoidea, Cucuj idae), Dimeromyces storkii sp.nov. parasitic on Eustra matanga Andrewe s and Eustra plagiata Schm.-Goebel (Carabidae, Paussinae), Laboulbenia hammondii sp.nov. parasitic on Omadius spp. (Cleridae), and Rickia an thribidicola sp.nov. parasitic on Hypseus vestitus Jordan (Anthribidae , Anthribinae). All of the new species are compared with existing taxa . Of particular note is R. anthribidicola, which represents the first confirmed instance of parasitization by a laboulbenialean fungus on me mbers of the hyperdiverse beetle family Anthribidae.