Metarhizium rileyi[6] is a species of entomopathogenic fungus in the family Clavicipitaceae. This species is known to infect Lepidoptera, including economically important insects in the Noctuoidea and Bombycoidea; there is an extensive (pre 2014) literature on this fungus under its synonym Nomuraea rileyi.
Metarhizium rileyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Metarhizium |
Species: | M. rileyi
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Binomial name | |
Metarhizium rileyi (Farl.) Kepler, Rehner & Humber (2014)
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Synonyms | |
Nomuraea rileyi (Farl.) Samson (1974)[1] |
In sericulture, the term "green muscardine" has been used for fungal infections of silkworms caused by M. rileyi.[7]
References edit
- ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Gösswald (1939), In: Arb. biol. BundAnst. Land-u. Forstw. 22:434
- ^ Charles (1936), In: Mycologia 28:398
- ^ a b "CABI databases". Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ Maubl. (1903), In: Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 19:296
- ^ Kepler, Humber, Bischoff, Rehner SA (2014) Mycologia 106(4): 824.
- ^ Fernando E. Vega; Harry K. Kaya (14 December 2011). Insect Pathology. Academic Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-12-384985-4.
External links edit
- Data related to Metarhizium at Wikispecies