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ENTOMOPHTHORA CULICIS (PHYCOMYCETES: ENTOMOPHTHORALES) PARASITIZING BLACK FLY ADULTS (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) IN ALBERTA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. A. Shemanchuk  and
Richard A. Humber
J. A. Shemanchuk
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
Richard A. Humber
Affiliation:
New England Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04473
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Abstract

Entomophthora culicis (Braun) Fresenius was found parasitizing adults of Simulium venustum Say and Simulium vittatum Zett. in central Alberta. The first parasitized black fly adults were collected on 17 August 1973 from a moist log on the margin of Flat Creek (113°52′ W. long., 54°41′ N. lat.). In subsequent summers, parasitized black flies were found on various substrates at sites on three other creeks in the area. Parasitized black flies first appeared in late June and were present to mid-September with peak numbers occurring during August. The fungus kills young black fly adults. This is the first record of E. culicis on black flies in Canada.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , 01 March 1978 , pp. 253 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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