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Arthrophaga Myriapodina
''Arthrophaga myriapodina'' is a fungus in the Entomophthorales that parasitizes the millipedes '' Apheloria virginiensis corrugata'', '' Boraria infesta'', and ''Nannaria'' sp. Infected millipedes typically climb to an elevated spot before death. Taxonomic history ''Arthrophaga myriapodina'' was first collected by Roland Thaxter from North Carolina in 1886 on ''Boraria infesta'', but he did not formally describe or name it. In 1916, A. T. Speare sent Thaxter additional specimens labelled as ''Entomophthora myriapodina'', but the name was never validly published. Kathie T. Hodge, Ann E. Hajek, and Andrii Gryanskyi showed that ''A. myriapodina'' is distinct from related taxa including ''Entomophthora ''Entomophthora'' is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German physician Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808-1866) ...'' and formally named it as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophthorales
The Entomophthorales are an order (biology), order of fungi that were previously classified in the class Zygomycetes. A new subdivision, Entomophthoromycotina, has recently been circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed for them. Most species of the Entomophthorales are pathogens of insects. A few attack nematodes, mites, and tardigrades, and some (particularly species of the genus ''Conidiobolus'') are free-living saprotrophs. The name Entomophthorales is derived from the Ancient Greek for insect destroyer (''wikt:entomo-, entomo-'' = referring to insects, and ''wikt:phthor, phthor'' = "destruction"). Highlighted species * ''Basidiobolus ranarum'', a commensal fungus of frogs and a mammal pathogen * ''Conidiobolus coronatus'', a saprotrophic fungus of leaf litter and a mammal pathogen * ''Entomophaga maimaiga'', a biocontrol agent of spongy moths * ''Entomophthora muscae'', a pathogen of houseflies * ''Massospora Cicadina, Massospora'' spp., pathogens of periodical cicadas * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitism
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as Armillaria mellea, honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes. There are six major parasitic Behavioral ecology#Evolutionarily stable strategy, strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), wikt:trophic, trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), Disease vector, vector-transmitted paras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apheloria Virginiensis
''Apheloria virginiensis'', the Kentucky flat millipede, is a large North American millipede. It is reported to secrete cyanide compounds as a defense. It is recommended that one wash hands after handling this organism as the toxic compounds it secretes are poisonous and can cause extreme irritation if rubbed in the eyes. ''Apheloria virginiensis'' serves as a host to the parasitic fungus '' Arthrophaga myriapodina'', which causes infected individuals to climb to an elevated spot before death. References External links *Images of ''Apheloria virginiensis'' - BugGuide BugGuide (or BugGuide.net) is a website and online community of naturalists, both amateur and professional, who share observations of arthropods such as insects, spiders, and other related creatures. The website consists of informational guide p ... Polydesmida Millipedes of North America Animals described in 1770 Taxa named by Dru Drury {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boraria Infesta
''Boraria infesta'' is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes. Its members often have very small distributional areas, with many species only known from a single locality. They are found across the northern hemisphere, with peak diversity in the Appalachian Mountains, .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * Polydesmida Articles created by Qbugbot Animals described in 1918 {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannaria
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and described 17 new species, which expanded the size of ''Nannaria'' to 78, making it the largest genus of Xystodesmidae. Species These 78 species belong to the genus ''Nannaria'': * '' Nannaria acroteria'' Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022 * '' Nannaria aenigma'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria alpina'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria ambulatrix'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria amicalola'' Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022 * '' Nannaria antarctica'' Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022 * '' Nannaria asta'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria austricola'' Hoffman, 1950 * '' Nannaria blackmountainensis'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria bobmareki'' Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021 * '' Nannaria botrydium'' Means, Hennen & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Thaxter
Roland Thaxter (August 28, 1858 – April 22, 1932) was an American mycologist, plant pathologist, botanist, and entomologist, renowned for his contribution to the insect parasitic fungi—Laboulbeniales. His college education was completed at Harvard, where he dedicated forty years to mycological and botanical research. His five-volume series on fungi in the order Laboulbeniales laid a solid foundation of research on these insect ectoparasites. He also contributed to the field of Plant Pathology. Biography Roland Thaxter was born in Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1858, the third and youngest child in the family. His parents were Levi Thaxter and Celia Thaxter, Celia (née Laighton) Thaxter. He married Mabel Gray Thaxter in 1887. Thaxter's personality was influenced greatly by his literary family. His father was a lawyer and an authority who brought the works of the poet Robert Browning to the American public. His mother, Celia Thaxter, was a distinguished poet, most well known for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophthora
''Entomophthora'' is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German physician Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808-1866) in 1856.Fresenius, G. 1856. Botanische Zeitung 14, 882-883. This fungus is parasitic and undergoes a number of stages within its life cycle, these include; infection, incubation, sporulation and mummification. Within each stage, this pathogen invades the host’s body cells, utilising the insect’s nutrients allowing it to take control over the brain just before the host’s death. Entomophthora reproduces asexually through both budding and spores. When in the host’s body, the pathogen utilises budding as a form of growth. This is done through a fungi cell developing a bud (daughter cell) on the parent cell. The parent cell then replicates its DNA and provides the daughter cell with this DNA. The daughter cell is then able to detach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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