A monograph of the entomopathogenic genera Hypocrella,Moelleriella, and Samuelsia gen. nov. (Ascomycota,Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae), and their aschersonia-like anamorphs in the Neotropics |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, Howard University, 415 College Street NW, Washington D.C. 20059, U.S.A.;2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany), 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada;3. Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 334 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The present taxonomic revision deals with Neotropical species of three entomopathogenic genera that were once included in Hypocrella s. l.: Hypocrella s. str. (anamorph Aschersonia), Moelleriella (anamorph aschersonia-like), and Samuelsia gen. nov (anamorph aschersonia-like). Species of Hypocrella, Moelleriella, and Samuelsia are pathogens of scale insects (Coccidae and Lecaniidae, Homoptera) and whiteflies (Aleyrodidae, Homoptera) and are common in tropical regions. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from nuclear ribosomal large subunit (28S), translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF 1-α), and RNA polymerase II subunit 1 (RPB1) and analyses of multiple morphological characters demonstrate that the three segregated genera can be distinguished by the disarticulation of the ascospores and shape and size of conidia. Moelleriella has filiform multi-septate ascospores that disarticulate at the septa within the ascus and aschersonia-like anamorphs with fusoid conidia. Hypocrella s. str. has filiform to long-fusiform ascospores that do not disarticulate and Aschersonia s. str. anamorphs with fusoid conidia. The new genus proposed here, Samuelsia, has filiform to long-fusiform ascospores that do not disarticulate and aschersonia-like anamorphs with small allantoid conidia. In addition, the present study presents and discusses the evolution of species, morphology, and ecology in Hypocrella, Moelleriella, and Samuelsia based on multigene phylogenetic analyses.Taxonomic novelties: New genus: Samuelsia. New species: Hypocrella disciformis, H. hirsuta, Moelleriella basicystis, M. boliviensis, M. cornuta, M. evansii, M. madidiensis, M. umbospora, S. chalalensis, S. geonomis, S. intermedia, S. rufobrunnea, and S. sheikhii. New combinations: M. castanea, M. colliculosa, M. disjuncta, M. epiphylla, M. gaertneriana, M. globosa, M. guaranitica, M. javanica, M. libera, M. macrostroma, M. ochracea, M. palmae, M. phyllogena, M. rhombispora, M. sloaneae, M. turbinata, and M. zhongdongii. |
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| Keywords: | multilocus phylogenetics polyphasic taxonomy species identification species recognition |
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