CONSPECTUS OF THE FLORA OF ARTHROPOD-ASSOCIATED FUNGI FROM ARGENTINA AND Brazil

SOSA GOMEZ, D.R., LÓPEZ LASTRA, C.C. & HUMBER, R.A.

MYCOPATHOLOGIA

SPRINGER

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2010

0301-486X

Abstract: Arthropod pests in forest and agricultural systems are afflicted by a plethora of pathogenic organisms. Among them, entomopathogenic fungi are the one most common control agents that regulate their populations. This review compiles the information available from Argentina and Brazil about the entomopathogenic fungi occurring in agricultural and natural environments. The scientific names of the fungi are listed according to the latest phylogenetically based classification of fungi. We present an updated list of arthropod-pathogenic fungi occurring in Argentina (from 15 provinces) and Brazil (from 20 states) based on published literature and our personal observations. The list includes a total of 123 species and three varieties of fungi from 53 genera of Blastocladiomycetes (2 genera), Entomophthorales (8 genera), Harpellales (13 genera), and a diverse assortment of ascomycetes (primarily from Hypocreales) in 17 anamophic and 4 teleomorphic genera. In the both countries, molecular studies on arthropod-pathogenic fungi are still in their early stages. Most of these recent molecular studies have focused on intraspecific variability. This listing is intended to encourage much more active collection and characterization by traditional and molecular approaches of the obviously rich but underexplored flora of fungi affecting invertebrates from this large region of South America.