Tartally, A., Szűcs, B. & Ebsen, J.R.

The first records of Rickia wasmannii Cavara, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica Latreille, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales; Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

András Tartally, Botond SZŰCS & Jon Rune Ebsen M.Sc. András Tartally (contact author), Botond Szűcs, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Jon Rune Ebsen, Centre of Social Evolution, Department of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Myrmecol. News 10: 123 Rickia wasmannii Cavara, 1899 (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales) obligately exploits ants (for a review on Laboulbeniales: Weir & Blackwell 2005; and for one especially on myrmecophilous species: Herraiz & Espadaler 2007). The ants appear to be neutral to the presence of this fungus on their cuticules (A. Tartally, pers. obs.). Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species are reported to be the usual hosts of R. wasmannii (Herraiz & Espadaler 2007). To the best of our knowledge, this fungus has not been reported previously from the Carpathian Basin. The occurrence of R. wasmannii was checked on 5788 Myrmica…

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