HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCOTA
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ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCOTA LINKS
| This system follows that of Humber (2012). |
CLASS BASIDIOBOLOMYCETES
- ORDER BASIDIOBOALES
- Very large nuclei with large amounts of DNA. Parasites of vertebrates.
- Basidiobolus.
CLASS NEOZYGITOMYCETES
- ORDER NEOZYGITALES
- Small numbers of chromosomes (~4). Spores black. All pathogens of aphids and mites.
- Apterivorax, Neozygites, Thaxterosporium.
CLASS ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCETES
- ORDER ENTOMOPHTHORALES
- Variable, mainly parasites of arthropods, but some are parasites of plants, algae, and vertebrates. Spores not black.
- Ancylistes, Conidiobolus, Macrobiotophthora.
- Completoria.
- Batkoa, Entomophaga, Entomophthora, Eryniopsis, Massospora.
- Erynia, Eryniopsis, Furia, Orthomyces, Pandora, Strongwellsea, Zoophthora.
- Meristacrum, Tabanomyces.
| By Jack R. Holt and Carlos A. Iudica. Last revised: 04/17/2013 |
