The first Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniomycetes) from an American millipede, discovered through social media

By

Santamaría, Sergi
Enghoff, Henrik
Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

67

Pages

45--53

Subjects

animal-fungus interaction , collections-based research , Diplopoda , Laboulbeniaceae , social media

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.67.51811

 

Abstract

Laboulbeniales are highly specialized arthropod-associated fungi. The majority of the almost 2200 known species live on insects, although they also occur on other arthropod hosts. Recently, the number of Laboulbeniales associated with millipedes has increased considerably. Here we describe the first species of a Laboulbeniales fungus, Troglomyces twitterisp. nov., from an American millipede. The new species was initially discovered on a photo of Cambala annulata (Say, 1821) from Ohio, USA, which had been shared on Twitter. A subsequent microscopic study of Cambala millipedes in museum collections in Denmark and France confirmed the discovery.