Fungal Flora of the digestive tract of Triatoma infestan (Hemiptera: Reduvidae) from Argentina

MARTI, G.A; GARCÍA, J.J.; CAZAU, M.C.; LÓPEZ LASTRA, C.C.

BOLETíN DE LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BOTáNICA

Año: 2007 vol. 42 p. 1 - 4

0373-580X

A survey of the fungal microbiota of the digestive tract of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduvidae) adults was carried out . Insects captured in the field from different provinces in Argentina as well as individuals reared on artificial colonies , were used for dissection. Axenic cultures of the fungal sepcies were identified and deposited with mycological collections at La Plata Argentina . A total of 33 fungal species with the exception of three were mycelia sterilia belonging to 11 genera were indentified . Thirty two species belonging to Ascomycota (Eurotiomycetes and Sordariomycetes) and one to Zygomycota (Zygomycetes)