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Furia shandongensis (Zygomycetes: entomophthorales), a new pathogen of earwigs

Hesheng Wang,Wen Lu,Zan Li-1994-01-01-Mycotaxon
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An epizootic of Forficula sp. was recorded in Eastern China.The causal agent is an entomophthoralean species that differs from Erynia forficulae and Furia ellisiana, and is described here as Furia shandongensis, sp.nov., the third pathogen of earwigs.Its primary conidia are obovoid, 16.8-22.8X 9.6-12.0Um (averaging 1 OOP OS m2 L/D 96-273)."Cystidia and thizoidsare asi wide as conidiophores, and rhizoids have no terminal holdfasts.Resting spores are 26.4-36.0Lm in diameter.

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An epizootic of Forficula sp. was recorded in Eastern China.The causal agent is an entomophthoralean species that differs from Erynia forficulae and Furia ellisiana, and is described here as Furia shandongensis, sp.nov., the third pathogen of earwigs.Its primary conidia are obovoid, 16.8-22.8X 9.6-12.0Um (averaging 1 OOP OS m2 L/D 96-273)."Cystidia and thizoidsare asi wide as conidiophores, and rhizoids have no terminal holdfasts.Resting spores are 26.4-36.0Lm in diameter.

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EntomophthoralesBiologyPathogenFungal pathogenMicrobiologySpore

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