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Provedor de dados: | 49
País: | Brazil
Título: | First report of the occurrence of Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) in larvae of Diloboderus abderus Sturm (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) in Brazil
Autores: | Salgado-Neto,Geraldo; Valmorbida,Ivair; Guedes,Jerson Vanderlei Carús; Blume,Elena.
Data: | 2015-01-01
Ano: | 2015
Palavras-chave: | Biological control; Dissemination; Entomopathogen; Entomopathogenic fungi; Natural infection; Controle biológico; Disseminação; Entomopatógeno; Fungos entomopatogênicos; Infecção natural.
Resumo: | This note is the first report on the infection of Diloboderus abderus Sturm (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) larvae by the fungusOphiocordyceps melolonthae (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) in subtropical Brazil. Identification was made possible by extraction and sequencing of the fungal DNA that was covering the larvae’s mouthparts, prothorax, cuticle, and digestive tract (alimentary canal). Amplification, sequencing and comparison of the ITS region of the ribosomal DNA with voucher sequences of GenBank were performed and were 95% similar to Ophiocordyceps melolonthae. The fungus is an entomopathogen which attacks Melolonthidae larvae, having scientific and economic importance because of the need for increased knowledge on its distribution and on alternatives for biological control of white grubs.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032015000200402
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/1676-06032015010814
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.15 n.2 2015
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess