First record of Hirsutella saussurei in the Galápagos Islands and first evidence parasitizing the invasive paper wasp, Polistes versicolor

Abstract In the present work we report the first occurrence of the entomogenous fungus Hirsutella saussurei, in the Galápagos Islands, and also the first evidence of this fungus parasitizing a new host: the invasive paper wasp Polistes versicolor. Some wasps parasitized by the fungus were found in S...

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Main Authors: Óscar Mollá, Bhushan Shrestha, Christian Sevilla, Danny Rueda, Fernando Rivas, Henri William Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2020-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262020000200211&tlng=en