Stigmatomyces separatus Thaxter, Proceedings

Rossi, Walter & Leonardi, Marco, 2018, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone, Phytotaxa 358 (2), pp. 91-116 : 111

Stigmatomyces separatus Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53: 747, 1918.

Known distribution. Described on a fly from Cameroon identified first as a member of the Tephritidae and later described as “…a rather large, dark fly with mottled brown wings, belonging to the Ephydridae ?” ( Thaxter 1931).

New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Lalehun, 20–23.XI.2015, W. Rossi , on posterior coxae and sternites of Paralimna pseudornata Canzoneri ( Diptera Ephydridae ).

Remarks. The thalli from Sierra Leone are shorter than the ones from Cameroon because of a shorter receptacle. Paralimna pseudornata is a dark shore-fly ( Ephydridae ) bearing mottled brown wings: it is therefore possible that the host insect of the type series belongs to this same species or a closely related one.