Laboulbenia egens Spegazzini, Anales de la Sociedad

Rossi, Walter & Leonardi, Marco, 2018, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone, Phytotaxa 358 (2), pp. 91-116 : 106

Laboulbenia egens Spegazzini, Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 85: 325, 1918.

Known distribution. A common and widespread species associated with various Carabidae Tachyina , reported from several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia, but only once from the American continent ( Santamaria et al. 1991).

New records from Sierra Leone. Western Area, swamp near Newton, I.1977, W. Rossi , on unidentified Tachyini; Northern Province, Maforica, 2.II.1980, W. Rossi , on unidentified Tachyini; Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi , on the elytra of Tachyura sp. ; Northern Province, banks of the Seli River near Kamenge, 9.II.2013, W. Rossi, on the elytral margin of Tachyura sp. Southerm Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Nemahugoima, 31.I 2012, W. Rossi , on the elytral margin of Tachyura sp.

Remarks. This parasite is quite common ad widespread in Sierra Leone, but the number of thalli occurring on host insects is usually very low.