A NEW COELOMOMYCES PATHOGENIC TO MOSQUITOS IN COSTA-RICA

Authors
LICHTWARDT RW GOMEZ LD
Citation
Rw. Lichtwardt et Ld. Gomez, A NEW COELOMOMYCES PATHOGENIC TO MOSQUITOS IN COSTA-RICA, Revista de biologia tropical, 41(3A), 1993, pp. 407-410
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Revista de biologia tropical → ACNP
ISSN journal
00347744
Volume
41
Issue
3A
Year of publication
1993
Pages
407 - 410
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(1993)41:3A<407:ANCPTM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A new species of fungus belonging to the lethal genus Coelomomyces, C. neotropicus, is described and illustrated. It was found parasitizing larvae of two species of Culicidae, Culex pilosus and Aedes sp., in a lowland tropical wet forest swamp in northeast Costa Rica.