Updated checklist of Entomophthoralean fungi from Argentina

C. LÓPEZ LASTRA; R. MANFRINO; A. GUTIERREZ; M. MENDIBURU

Valencia

Congreso; International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control; 2019

Society for Invertebrate Pathology/International Organization for Biological Control

Entomophthoralean fungi includes a great diversity of species that predominantly infects insects. The previous reports on the subject recorded for Argentina were focused on taxonomy, biodiversity, epizootiology and some laboratory evaluations of biological activity of the species Batkoa sp., Conidiobolus coronatus, C. obscurus, Entomophaga grylli, E. planchoniana, E. ferdinandii, Neozygites sp., N. fresenii, Pandora sp., P. delphacis, P. dipterigena, P. gammae, P. neoaphidis, P. nouryi, Zoophthora sp. and Z. radicans. The objective of this research was to further update and adding new records to Argentinean Entomophthoralean fungal species as their geographical distribution. Our survey includes five new records of Zoophthora radicans infecting insect hosts belonging to the orders Diptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera from Pampasic and Litoral regions of Argentina. These and other new records, not only increase the host range of Entomophthoralean fungi, but also their geographical distribution around the world. The overall goal of this work was to follow this endeavor and further update the knowledge of Argentinean Entomophthoralean fungal species with new records that expand their insect host range and their geographical distribution.