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Feeding by the coccinellid Psyllobora rufosignata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on the Asian grapevine leaf rust fungus Phakopsora euvitis (Basidiomycota: Uredinales) |
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| Authors: | Mark P Culik José Aires Ventura Lúcia Massutti de Almeida Geovan Henrique Corrêa |
| Institution: | 1. Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa , Assistência Técnica e Extens?o Rural – INCAPER , Rua Afonso Sarlo 160, CEP 29052-010 , Vitória , Espírito Santo , Brazil;2. Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Departamento de Zoologia , Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) , Caixa Postal 19020, 81581-980 , Curitiba , Paraná , Brazil |
| Abstract: | Feeding by the coccinellid Psyllobora rufosignata on the rust fungus Phakopsora euvitis was confirmed by observing uredospores of P. euvitis in gut contents of Ps. rufosignata. This is the first record of Ps. rufosignata feeding on P. euvitis and the first record of any Halyziini species feeding on any species of Basidiomycota. |
| Keywords: | Coccinellidae: Halyziini mycophagy beneficial insect natural enemy biological control biodiversity |