Genus Distolomyces Thaxt.

MB#1674

Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 97 (Thaxter 1931). –

Type species: D. fijianus Thaxt.

Brief description

Monoecious. Receptacle three-celled. Cells I, II, and III separated by diagonal septa; all three cells in contact. Primary appendage free, bent towards the perithecium, consisting of 1–2 superposed cells and 1–2 terminal slender antheridia. Perithecium with four cells in each vertical row of outer wall cells; apex bearing 1–2 slender ligula-like outgrowths.

Remarks

The genus consists of four species, of which one in Europe. The most recently described species is D. euborelliae (Sugiyama & Majewski 1985a) . All occurring on earwigs ( Dermaptera) (see Santamaria 2003).