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Table 1 Recognized Entomophthora species

From: The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century

Species

First description

Type host2

Spore dispersal4

Presence in GenBank5

Deposited in ARSEF6

Altered behavior7

E. brevinucleata1

Keller and Wilding (1985)

Sitodiplosis phalaridis (Gall midge)

CT

  

X

E. byfordii

Keller (2002)

Bradysia sp. (Fungus gnat)

CT

X

 

X

E. chromadphidis

Burger and Swain (1918)

Chromaphidis juglandicola (Walnut aphid)

CT

X

X

 

E. culicis

Braun (1855)

Culex pipiens (House mosquito)

CT

X

X

X (Gol’berg 1979)

E. erupta

Dustan (1924)

Lygus communis (Tarnished plant bug)

AHT

  

X

E. ferdinandii

Keller (2002)

Delia kullensis (Anthonymiid fly)

CT

X

X

X

E. grandis

Keller (2002)

Episyrpho balteato (Hoverfly)

CT

X

 

X

E. helvetica

Ben-Ze’ev' et al. 1(985)

Notostira elongata (Mirid)

CT

  

X

E. israelensis

Ben-Ze’ev and Zelig (1984)

Gall midges

CT

  

X

E. leyteensis

(Villacarlos et al. 2003)

Tetraleurodes acaciae (Whitefly)

CT

  

X

E. muscae

Cohn (1855)

Musca domestica (House fly)

CT

X

X

X

E. philippinensis

Villacarlos and Wilding (1994)

Heteropsylla cubana (Jumping louse)

CT

  

X

E. planchoniana

Cornu (1873)

Aphis sambuci3 (Elder aphid)

CT

X

X

 

E. rivularis

Keller (2002)

Plecoptera sp. (Stoneflies)

CT

   

E. scatophagae

Giard (1888)

Scatophaga stercoraria (Golden dung fly)

CT

X

X

X

E. schizophorae

Keller (1987)

Delia platura (Bean seed fly)

CT

X

X

X

E. simulii

Keller (2002)

Simulium lineato (Blackfly)

CT

  

X

E. syrphi

Giard (1888)

Melanostoma mellinum (Hoverfly)

CT

X

X

X

E. thripidum

Samson et al. (1979)

Thrips tabaci (Onion thrips)

AHT

X

X

X

E. trinucleata

Keller (1987)

Sciaridae sp. (Dark-wing fungus gnat)

CT

  

X

E. weberi

Lakon (1939)

Raphidia ophiopsis (Snakefly larvae)

AHT

  

X

  1. Underlined species are members of the E. muscae species complex per Keller 1984 and Humber 1989. An alternative assessment of the E. muscae species complex includes these four species plus E. brevinucleata, E. israelensis, E. syrphi and E. trinucleata (Keller 1984; Humber 1989)
  2. 1This species has been reported as synonymous with E. israelensis (Humber 1989), but was given as a distinct species in Keller (2002)
  3. 2The most specific designation of type host is given, according to (Keller 2002)
  4. 3Presumed type host based on original description (Keller 2002)
  5. 4AHT = active host transmission; CT = cadaver transmission
  6. 5Presence in GenBank indicates that at least one sequence annotated with indicated species is present in GenBank (National Institute of Health sequence database, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/). Deposited sequences mostly consist of ITS and rRNA loci, with additional gene sequences available for E. muscae
  7. 6USDA Agricultural Research Service Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures, https://www.ars.usda.gov/
  8. 7X indicates reported altered end-of-life behavior; blank indicates absence of evidence. As rigorous behavioral studies have not taken place in most species, we are inferring behavior modification from death position/stance or aberrant location of corpses (i.e., dead insects where they are not typically found if killed by other means). Absence of evidence for behavior modification does not preclude more subtle behavioral changes that are not conspicuous to the human eye. Reports of altered end-of-life behavior can be found in the first publication describing the species (“First description”), unless where otherwise noted