Limited Transmission of the Ectoparasitic Fungus Hesperomyces virescens between Lady Beetles
The ectoparasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens Thaxter (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) commonly infects the invasive lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) and several other aphidophagous lady beetles in North America and Europe. We tested the hypothesis that bodily contact between adults of different...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/814378 |
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