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Issue: Vol. 305 No. 1: 21 April 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.305.1.4
Page range: 29–34
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 42

Lecanicillium araneogenum sp. nov., a new araneogenous fungus

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China; Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
morphology nutritional preferences phylogeny spider Fungi

Abstract

During a survey of araneogenous fungi from Guiyang, Guizhou, China, a new species, Lecanicillium araneogenum, was isolated from a spider. It differs from other Lecanicillium species by its spider host, and cylindrical conidia. Multi-locus (TEF, RPB1, RPB2, LSU and SSU rRNA) phylogenetic analysis confirmed that L. araneogenum is distinct from other species. The new species is formally described and illustrated, and compared to similar species.