Lecanicillium tenuipes
| Lecanicillium tenuipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Cordycipitaceae |
| Genus: | Lecanicillium |
| Species: | L. tenuipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecanicillium tenuipes (Petch) Zare & W. Gams | |
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Lecanicillium tenuipes is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae.[2] Engyodontium aranearum was synonymized to this species in 2001.[3]
It is one of many species of fungal pathogens that infect spiders.[4][5] It parasitizes the long-bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides).[6] It causes 100% mortality in infected spiders.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Lecanicillium tenuipes (Petch) Zare & W. Gams". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ "Engyodontium aranearum". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ↑ Zare, R.; Gams, W. (1 May 2002). "A revision of Verticillium section Prostrata. IV. The genera Lecanicillium and Simplicillium gen. nov". Nova Hedwigia. 73 (1): 1–50. doi:10.1127/nova.hedwigia/71/2001/1.
- ↑ Nyffeler, Martin; Hywel-Jones, Nigel (2024-10-11). "Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review". The Journal of Arachnology. 52 (2). doi:10.1636/JoA-S-23-007. ISSN 0161-8202.
- ↑ Hodge, Kathie (November 9, 2006). "A spider's nightmare". Cornell Mushroom Blog. Cornell University. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ "Engyodontium aranearum (Cavara) W. Gams, de Hoog, Samson & H. C. Evans 1984". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ↑ Jent, Derrick; Fuller, Claire A. (November 2014). "A fungal pathogen of the cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides". Conference: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2023.