Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii

Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of...

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Autores principales: Masiulionis, Virginia E., Cabello, Marta Noemí, Seifert, Keith A., Rodrigues, Andre, Pagnocca, Fernando C.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123554
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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language Inglés
topic Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
spellingShingle Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
topic_facet Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
description Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.
format Articulo
Articulo
author Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
author_facet Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
author_sort Masiulionis, Virginia E.
title Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_short Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_full Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_fullStr Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_full_unstemmed Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_sort escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant mycocepurus goeldii
publishDate 2015
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123554
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