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Issue: Vol. 231 No. 2: 20 October 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.231.2.8
Page range: 187–192
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

New Laboulbeniales parasitic on weevils from the Amazon rainforest

Sect. Environmental Sciences, Dept. MeSVA, University of L’Aquila, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Calle Diego de Robles y Via Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador
Sect. Environmental Sciences, Dept. MeSVA, University of L’Aquila, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy
Curculionidae Ecuador Laboulbenia Yasuní Fungi

Abstract

Four new species of Laboulbenia parasitic on Curculionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Ecuador are described. These are L. dichroma on Geraeus sp. (Conoderinae, Barididae, Madarini); L. elephantina on Udeus sp. (Curculioninae, Eugnomini); L. inopinata on Lechriops spp. (Conoderinae, Lechriopini) and Macrocopturus spp. (Conoderinae, Zygopini); L. microcarpa on Sicoderus sp. and Lancearius esau (Curculioninae, Erodiscini).