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...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | Ted E. Cottrell, Eric W. Riddick |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wiley
2012-01-01
|
Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/814378 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Mother-Offspring Relations: Prey Quality and Maternal Size Affect Egg Size of an Acariphagous Lady Beetle in Culture
by: Eric W. Riddick, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Incorporating a Sorghum Habitat for Enhancing Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Cotton
by: P. G. Tillman, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
by: John Howard Frank, et al.
Published: (2002-11-01) -
Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
by: John Howard Frank, et al.
Published: (2002-11-01) -
Notes on the Fungus-Beetle, Cis Vitula Mann
by: Harry B. Weiss
Published: (1920-01-01)