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 Stratiomyidae with Entomophorale fungus ??
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| coopder |
Posted on 18-09-2009 11:41
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Member Location: London Posts: 37 Joined: 17.09.09 |
I found this dead fly a few weeks ago with what looks like a fungus growing on it. I posted the image on another forum and it was identified as Chorisops sp, possibly Chorisops tibialis. I was told that the fungus was Entomophthora muscae, however I've read in a few places that this fungus does not infect Stratiomyiidae only Muscomorphs. So is this fungus on the fly, and if it is what species?  Thanks for the help. Daniel. Edited by coopder on 20-09-2009 23:23 |
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| paqui |
Posted on 19-09-2009 17:36
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
sorry, it´s very interesting but I´ve foundt no reference about fungus in Stratiomyiidae in Lindner nor in British soldierflies nor at Faune de France, they just say Hymenoptera capture them  good luck, I hope anyone can say more |
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| coopder |
Posted on 20-09-2009 23:25
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Member Location: London Posts: 37 Joined: 17.09.09 |
I would be interested to hear if anyone else has an opinion on if this powdery white stuff is a fungus, or if not what else it could be. Regards. Daniel. |
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| Maddin |
Posted on 21-09-2009 02:43
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 Member Location: Sacramento CA USA Posts: 194 Joined: 30.06.05 |
Looks like a fungus to me... There are many cases on bugguide http://bugguide.net/node/view/59369/bgimage Cheers Martin Martin Hauser |
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| lagura |
Posted on 21-09-2009 11:39
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Looks like fungus to me too. Here is an intersting article about Entomophtora muscae  |
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| coopder |
Posted on 21-09-2009 12:18
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Member Location: London Posts: 37 Joined: 17.09.09 |
The thing I am unsure about is that the article says: 'E. muscae is only pathogenic to certain types of flies (higher Diptera, in the Cyclorrhapa).' I havn't been able to find any Entomophorale fungus that infect Stratiomyiidae |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-09-2009 12:31
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Culicidae are mentioned: http://www.nysaes...ora_m.html There is at least one other Entomophthora species attacking Diptera: Entomophthora schizophorae Other Culididae fungi: Fungal pathogens such as Lagenidium, Coelomomyces and Culicinomyces are known to affect mosquito populations, and have been studied extensively. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| lagura |
Posted on 21-09-2009 13:07
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
There is also E. syrphi which only infects syrphid flies. So I wouldn't be surprised if there is another species specialized in Stratiomyidae. You may very well be the first one to discover that 
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 22-09-2009 13:11
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2168 Joined: 24.07.04 |
According to the following list (http://www.fruit....syn-xy.htm) E. syrphi is a synonym of E. muscae.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 22-09-2009 13:24
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Googling I also found an association between Zoophthora radicans and Chorisops tibialis in http://arsef.fpsn...orales.pdf / http://arsef.fpsn...ndices.pdf...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| coopder |
Posted on 22-09-2009 15:30
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Member Location: London Posts: 37 Joined: 17.09.09 |
Thanks for that info. Much appreciated. Daniel. |
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