This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Valle, L. G. Articles by Santamaria, S. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Valle, L. G. Articles by Santamaria, S. Agricola Articles by Valle, L. G. Articles by Santamaria, S.

The genus Smittium (Trichomycetes, Harpellales) in the Iberian Peninsula

     Unitat de Botànica, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

A study of larval Diptera (Chironomidae, Culicidae and Simuliidae) from Spain has been carried out to fulfill a catalogue of species of the genus Smittium (Harpellales: Legeriomycetaceae) present within these hosts. Among the reported taxa, eight are new species: Smittium brevisporum, S. bulbosporo-phorus, S. gracilis, S. hecatei, S. heterosporum, S. inex-pectans, S. prostratum and S. pseudodimorphum. We also report six previously described species, which are new for the Iberian Peninsula: S. alpinum, S. dipterorum, S. megazygosporum, S. pusillum, S. typhellum and S. fecundum. Three other species (S. simulii, S. culicis and S. culisetae) previously were reported from Spain. In two of them (S. fecundum and S. culicis), we describe for the first time the presence of zygospores. Some of the included species have been artificially cultured as well as ultrastructurally studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), with the purpose of observing the surface of both trichospores and the trichospore collar and the morphology of the trichospore appendage.

Key words: Dipteran larvae, Legeriomycetaceae, scanning electron microscopy, Spain, taxonomy, trichospores, zygospores

This article has been cited by other articles:

				L.G. Valle New species and summary of Iberian Harpellales Mycologia, May 1, 2007; 99(3): 442 - 455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D.B. Strongman and S. Xu Trichomycetes from China and the description of three new Smittium species. Mycologia, May 1, 2006; 98(3): 479 - 487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. G. Valle and S. Santamaria Bojamyces transfuga sp. nov. and new records of Trichomycetes from mayfly larvae in Spain Mycologia, November 1, 2004; 96(6): 1386 - 1392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]