TY - JOUR T1 - New species of Stigmatomyces from Asia JF - Mycologia Y1 - 2011 A1 - Rossi, W. A1 - Weir, A. SP - 131 EP - 134 KW - animal KW - Animals KW - Aphaniosoma KW - article KW - Ascomycetes KW - Ascomycota KW - Asia KW - Chyromyidae KW - classification KW - Diptera KW - Drosophilidae KW - Ephydridae KW - fly KW - fungus KW - isolation and purification KW - Jordan KW - Laboulbeniales KW - Laboulbeniomycetes KW - microbiology KW - Microscopy, Interference KW - Milichia pubescens KW - Milichiidae KW - Mosillus KW - new genus KW - new record KW - new species KW - Pakistan KW - parasites KW - phase contrast microscopy KW - Phortica KW - Stigmatomyces KW - Stigmatomycetinae KW - Taiwan KW - ultrastructure KW - Yemen AB -

Four new species of Stigmatomyces (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniomycetes, Stigmatomycetinae) parasitic on flies (Diptera) are described. These are S. aphaniosomae, parasitic on an undescribed species of Aphaniosoma (Chyromyidae) from Jordan; S. deemingii, parasitic on Milichia pubescens (Milichiidae) from Yemen; S. macanus, parasitic on Phortica spp. (Drosophilidae) from Taiwan; and S. mosilli, parasitic on Mosillus subsultans (Ephydridae) from Pakistan. Chyromyidae is a new host family for Laboulbeniales, and S. aphaniosomae is the first of the Laboulbeniales to be reported from Jordan. © 2011 by The Mycological Society of America.

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