Chitonomyces psittacopsis Thaxter, Proceedings

Rossi, Walter & Leonardi, Marco, 2018, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone, Phytotaxa 358 (2), pp. 91-116 : 103

Chitonomyces psittacopsis Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 37: 30, 1901.

Known distribution. A relatively widespread but apparently uncommon species, reported from the American ( Grenada, Trinidad, U.S.A.) and Asian continents ( China, Indonesia, Japan) on the posterior legs of various species of Laccophilus ( Shen & Ye 2006) .

New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi , on the distal spine of the right posterior tibia of Laccophilus leonensis .

Remarks. The new record from Sierra Leone is the first for Africa of this large and unmistakable species.