Laboulbenia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae.[2]

Laboulbenia
Styphlomerus placidus (Peringuey, 1896) Elytra with Laboulbenia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Laboulbeniomycetes
Order: Laboulbeniales
Family: Laboulbeniaceae
Genus: Laboulbenia
Mont. & C.P.Robin (1853)
Type species
Laboulbenia rougetii
Mont. & C.P.Robin (1853)
Synonyms[1]

Ceraiomyces Thaxt. (1901)
Eumisgomyces Speg. (1912)
Laboulbeniella Speg. (1912)
Schizolaboulbenia Middelh. (1957)

The genus name of Laboulbenia is in honour of Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène (1825–1898), who was a French physician and entomologist. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne and Charles Philippe Robin in C.P. Robin 'Histoire naturelle des Végétaux Parasites' (Paris) on page 622 in 1853.

Being ectoparasitic on a diverse assemblage of arthropods, the majority in insects, specially beetles and flies,[4] and a few arachnids (mites) and millipedes, members of this genus show a rather high level of host specificity. They cause little, if any, damage to their hosts. The genus contains around 600 species.[5]

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ "Laboulbenia Mont. & C.P. Robin 1853". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Rossi, W. & Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2011. A new species of Laboulbenia (Ascomycota) parasitic on an African fly (Diptera: Curtonotidae), with a brief review of Diptera-associated species of the genus. African Invertebrates 52 (1): 211-216."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.