Stigmatomyces entomophilus (Peck) Thaxt.
(a fly laboulbeniomycete)

Interactions where Stigmatomyces entomophilus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Drosophila funebris a fruit fly Diptera: Drosophilidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Stigmatomyces entomophilus/Stigmatomyces entomophilusa fly laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila funebris/Drosophila funebrisa fruit flyliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult Foreign Hirtodrosophila confusa a fruit fly Diptera: Drosophilidae Laboulbeniales parasitic on British Diptera, Weir, A. & Rossi, W., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Stigmatomyces entomophilus/Stigmatomyces entomophilusa fly laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Hirtodrosophila confusa/Hirtodrosophila confusaa fruit flyliveadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Weir, A. & Rossi, W., 1995Laboulbeniales parasitic on British DipteraMycological Research 99 (7): 841-849 Mycol. Res. 99 (7): 841-849.
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Stigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete)
GenusStigmatomyces (fly laboulbeniomycetes)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Photograph

Rossi, W. & Máca, J. 2006 Notes on the Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes) from the Czech Republic Sydowia, Annales Mycologici Ser. II 58(1): 110-124.

Stigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stigmatomyces entomophilus (a fly laboulbeniomycete):

The UK record is based on a single old record from the Isle of Wight, apparently on Drosophila funebris (Diptera, Drosophilidae) but the material no longer exists. In France, it has been recorded on Drosophila confusa. More recently the closely similar S. majewskii has been recognised on Drosophila obscura and Drosophila subobscura so doubt remains over whether this is a truly British species.

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)