Laboulbeniales

Selected peer-reviewed papers (click on the link for PDF version)

Molecular phylogenetics and genomic-scale data of Laboulbeniomycetes

• Laboulbeniomycetes: Evolution, natural history, and Thaxter’s final word (2020)
• Draft genome sequence of the globally distributed cockroach-infecting fungus Herpomyces periplanetae strain D. Haelew. 1187d (2020)
• Birth of an order: comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study reveals that Herpomyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniomycetes) is not part of Laboulbeniales (2019)
• Bringing Laboulbeniales into the 21st century: enhanced techniques for extraction and PCR amplification of DNA from minute ectoparasitic fungi (2015)

Diversity of Laboulbeniales fungi from the Netherlands

• Laboulbeniales of Cholevine beetles in Belgium and The Netherlands (2019)
• Studies of Laboulbeniales on Myrmica ants (II): variation of infection by Rickia wasmannii over habitats and time (2015)
• Studies of Laboulbeniales on Myrmica ants: Rickia wasmannii in the Netherlands (2015)
• New and interesting Laboulbeniales from the Netherlands (2014)
• A new species of Cantharomyces from the Netherlands (2013)
• New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands (2012)

Bat fly-associated Laboulbeniales

• Morphological species of Gloeandromyces (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) evaluated using single-locus species delimitation methods (2019)
• Climatic effects on the distribution of ant- and bat fly-associated fungal ectoparasites (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) (2019)
• Bats, bat flies, and fungi: a case of hyperparasitism (2018)
• Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations (2018)
• Laboulbeniales infection of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from Miniopterus schreibersii across Europe (2018)
• A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama (2018)
• Parasites of parasites of bats: Laboulbeniales on bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in central Europe (2017)

All-Fungal Biodiversity Inventory at the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts

• Laboulbeniales of the Boston Harbor Islands II: species parasitizing Carabidae, and the Laboulbenia flagellata species complex (2019)
• A preliminary checklist of fungi at the Boston Harbor Islands (2018)
• Laboulbeniales of the Boston Harbor Islands I: species parasitizing Coccinellidae and Staphylinidae (2015)

Natural enemies of ladybirds (Coccinellidae)

• Mortality of native and invasive ladybirds co-infected by ectoparasitic and entomopathogenic fungi (bioRxiv) (2020)
• Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden species within a common fungal parasite of ladybirds (2018)
• Predators and parasitoids of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in its native range and invaded areas (2018)
• Influence of elytral colour pattern, size, and sex of Harmonia axyridis on parasite prevalence and intensity of Hesperomyces virescens (2018)
• De schimmel Hesperomyces virescens, een natuurlijke vijand van lieveheersbeestjes (2017)
• Parasites of Harmonia axyridis: current research and perspectives (2017)
• Hesperomyces virescens on native and invasive ladybirds in South Africa (2016)
• Roy HE et al. The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis: global perspectives on invasion history and ecology (2016)
• Hesperomyces virescens attacking Harmonia axyridis in its native range (2014)
• Natural enemies of Harmonia axyridis in the Netherlands (2014)