Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Zoopagomyceta
Divisio: Entomophthoromycota
Subdivisio: Entomophthoromycotina
Classis: Entomophthoromycetes
Ordo: Entomophthorales
Familia: Entomophthoraceae
Genus: Entomophaga
Species: E. antochae – E. aulicae – E. batkoi – E. bukidonensis – E. calopteni – E. conglomerata – E. diprionis – E. domestica – E. grylli – E. kansana – E. lagriae – E. maimaiga – E. ptychopterae – E. pyriformis – E. saccharina – E. tabanivora – E. tenthredinis – E. thuricensis – E. tipulae – E. transitans
Name
Entomophaga A. Batko, 1964
References
Links
Index Fungorum: IF 20218
Entomophaga is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the Entomophthoraceae family and also the order Entomophthorales.[2] This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).[3]
Well-known species are Entomophaga grylli and Entomophaga maimaiga, which can infect grasshoppers and gypsy moths respectively.
The genus name of Entomophaga was derived from combining two words in the Greek, entomon means insect and phaga means to eat. The genus was created in 1964 by the Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933 - 1997). He wrote “... to commemorate the international journal Entomophaga devoted to problems of biological control of insect pests.”[1] The journal later ceased publication in 1998 and was replaced by BioControl.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]
Entomophaga antochae S. Keller, 2007
Entomophaga apiculata (Thaxt.) S. Keller, 1991
Entomophaga aulicae (E. Reichardt) Humber, 1984
Entomophaga batkoi (Balazy) S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga bukidnonensis Villac. & Wilding, 1994
Entomophaga calopteni (Bessey) Humber, 1989
Entomophaga caroliniana (Thaxt.) Samson, H.C. Evans & Latgé, 1988
Entomophaga conglomerata (Sorokin) S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga destruens (Weiser & A. Batko) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga diprionis Balazy, 1993
Entomophaga domestica S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga gigantea (S. Keller) S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga grylli (Fresen.) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga kansana (J.A. Hutchison) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga lagriae Balazy, 1993
Entomophaga limoniae S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu & R.S. Soper, 1988
Entomophaga major (Thaxt.) S. Keller, 1991
Entomophaga obscura (I.M. Hall & P.H. Dunn) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga papillata (Thaxt.) S. Keller, 1988
Entomophaga ptychopterae (S. Keller & Eilenberg) A.E. Hajek & Eilenberg, 2003
Entomophaga pyriformis Balazy, 1993
Entomophaga saccharina (Giard) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga tabanivora (J.F. Anderson & Magnar.) Humber, 1984
Entomophaga tenthredinis (Fresen.]]) A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga thaxteriana A. Batko, 1964
Entomophaga thuricensis S. Keller, 2007
Entomophaga tipulae (Fresen.) Humber, 1989
Entomophaga transitans (S. Keller) A.E. Hajek & Eilenberg, 2003
References
Batko, A. 1964. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Série des sciences biologiques 12, 323-326
Elya, Carolyn; De Fine Licht, Henrik H. (12 November 2021). "The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century &". IMA Fungus. 12 (34).
Gryganskyi AP, Humber RA, Smith ME et al (2012) Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. Mol Phylogenet Evol 65:682–694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.026
"Entomophaga - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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