The Harpellales are obligate, symbiotic trichomycete fungi that colonize the digestive tracts
of ods, including black flies (simuliids). Worldwide, black flies are hosts for 9 genera and cies …

A new subgenus, Daviesellum, in the genus Simulium is established to accommodate two
species from Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. One of these species is Simulium …

Data on trichomycete biodiversity in China is expanded with the description of three new
fungal species, Legeriomyces grandis, Legeriosimilis elegans, Smittium shaanxiense, and a …

Two new taxa of gut fungi within order Harpellales (Kickxellomycotina) are described from a
stream in the Tianshan Mountains in northwestern China. These include the new genus and …

A total of 2063 mid-to late-instar larval black flies were collected from 64 stream sites in
South Carolina and screened for the presence of the trichomycete fungus Harpella …

Trichomycetes were recovered from the guts of aquatic insect larvae collected from a stream
in the Qinling Mountains in western China. These collections included Smittium hecatei …

We describe three new species of gut fungi (Kickxellomycotina, Harpellales) from aquatic
insects, including Caudomyces typhella from a crane fly larva and Genistelloides torrentis …

Members of the families Chironomidae (chironomids or non-biting midges),
Ceratopogonidae (ceratopogonids or biting midges) and Simuliidae (simulids or blackflies) …

A collection of the larval black fly Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker was made at six
lotic habitats on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, during May 2003. Sixty …

Trichomycetes are a cosmopolitan group of symbionts in arthropods and are common in
aquatic larvae of the Diptera. The organisms grouped under the name trichomycetes belong …