| infection of adult mosquitoes by the entomopathogenic fungus erynia conica (entomophthorales: entomophthoraceae). | the infection of adult mosquitoes by the entomopathogenic fungus erynia conica is presented for the first time. adult aedes aegypti were exposed to conidial showers from field-collected chaoborid, tipulid and chironomid cadavers for 24 h under conditions of 100% rh and 15 degrees c. up to 24% of the adults were killed by the mycosis. cadavers of ae. aegypti produced conidia that were infective to other adult ae. aegypti; however, rates of infection were never more than 12%. nevertheless, ae. aeg ... | 1992 | 1474381 |
| entomopathogenic fungi of the order entomophthorales (zygomycotina) in adult black fly populations (diptera: simuliidae) in quebec. | infections by insect-pathogenic fungi of the order entomophthorales in two adult black fly populations were studied in the réserve faunique du saint-maurice (quebec). entomophaga near limoniae infected simulium verecundum/rostratum in june whereas erynia curvispora predominantly parasitized simulium decorum from the 2nd week of july to september and erynia conica attacked the simulium venustum complex, simulium verecundum/rostratum, and the simulium vittatum complex from may to september. the fu ... | 1994 | 7922891 |
| development of erynia conica (zygomycetes: entomophthorales) on the cuticle of the adult black flies simulium rostratum and simulium decorum (diptera: simuliidae) | aerial conidia of erynia conica were showered onto the wings of susceptible and nonsusceptible black fly, simulium rostratum and simulium decorum, respectively. secondary type 2 conidia as opposed to type 1 conidia and primary conidia invaded the wings of s. rostratum. the invasion process on both sexes of the host species was rapid, with 40% of the conidia germinating during the 2 hr that the wings were showered with conidia. approximately 24% of total spores developed appressoria close to the ... | 1996 | 8812568 |