Herpomyces stylopygae Speg.

MB#232081

Fig. 1C

Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 29: 551 (Spegazzini 1917). –

Type: [Not designated] [Ind. loc.] “Común sobre las antenas de la cucaracha casera, Periplaneta (stylopyga) orientalis en Montevideo, May. 1914, en Buenos Aires y La Plata, por los años 1914–16”; LPS .

Diagnostic features

Shield bilobate and strongly asymmetric, the basal area ± darkened (Fig. 1C, sh). Perithecial neck bent, terminating in a pointed, subacute lateral tip, and a distal acute tooth-like outgrowth (Fig. 1C, arrow). [Detailed descriptions: Tavares 1966; De Kesel 2001; Santamaria 2003]

Distribution and hosts

Often confused with H. periplanetae in old literature. This species grows on Blatta orientalis ( Blattodea, Blattidae) and has been reported (sometimes as H. periplanetae) from Europe (Spain, Belgium, Poland, Hungary, France), Africa (Algeria), America (USA, Bermuda Islands?, Brazil?, Panama, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina), Asia (China, India, Korea) (Santamaria et al. 1991; Majewski 2008; Haelewaters et al. 2015a). Recently reported from Bulgaria (Rossi et al. 2019a).

Collections examined from Denmark

On Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 ( Blattodea Blattidae)

DENMARK – Østjylland (EJ) • Hadsund; 56°42.900′ N, 10°7.020′ E; NH68; 9Aug. 1936; S. G. Larson Dry0023; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124037 . – Fyn (F) • Dalumgård ved Odense; 55°21.804′ N, 10°22.448′ E; NG83; S. G. Larson Dry0024; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124038 . – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • København, Gothersgade 5; 55°40.889′ N, 12°35.084′ E; UB47; 1 Sep. 1973; I. Casperson Dry0025; ZMUC C-F-124039 .

Remarks

First record from Denmark. Richards & Smith (1955 a, 1955b) and Tavares (1966) studied this species intensively.