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Zygospores of selected Trichomycetes in larval Diptera of the families Chironomidae and Simuliidae

     Department of Entomology, Box 340365, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634-0365

The midgut-inhabiting fungi (Harpellaceae) Harpella melusinae and Stachylina pedifer were induced to form zygospores, using an application of a pH 10 potassium hydroxide solution with culture media. The previously unknown zygospores of S. pedifer are borne perpendicular to the zygosporophore, as in Harpella melusinae. The zygospores of the hindgut-inhabiting species Smittium coloradense, borne obliquely to the zygosporophore (in vivo), are described for the first time.

Key words: aquatic insects, black flies, chironomids, Diptera, fungi, Harpella, Simulium, Smittium, Stachylina, symbionts

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