Smittium simulii Lichtw.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E42C2F-9A7C-8C2C-FF02-E9E6FE216647 |
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Felipe |
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Smittium simulii Lichtw. |
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Smittium simulii Lichtw. View in CoL , American Journal of Botany 51: 837. 1964. (Figs 53–55)
Specimens examined: — COLOMBIA. SANTANDER: Tona ; Río Dos Aguas , prepared from Simulium sp. Larvae, D. Baron, COL18 About COL –Tr55 .
Comments:—This is a cosmopolitan species and has been found in hindguts of Simuliidae , Chironomidae , Tipulidae and Culicidae ( Lichtwardt et al. 2001, White & Lichtwardt 2004). We got our specimens (COL18) from one infected black fly ( Simulium sp. ) larva. Colombian specimens had trichospores measuring 16–23 × 2.9–3.6 μm, with a median bulge and cylindrical collar 1.3–2.5 μm long. Thallus with a main axis, holdfast about 13 μm diameter. Zygospores not found.
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Smittium simulii Lichtw.
| Barón, Daniel E. & Valle, Laia Guàrdia 2018 |
Smittium simulii
| Lichtw. 1964: 837 |