Open AccessRosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina (LINNAEUS, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) as a host of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps bassiana LI, LI, HUANG & FAN, 2001 (Ascomycota: Hypocreales)
Author(s) -
Czesław Bartnik,
Jakub Michalcewicz,
Radosław Kubiński
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polish journal of entomology/polskie pismo entomologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2299-9884
pISSN - 0032-3780
DOI - 10.1515/pjen-2016-0015
Subject(s) - biology , beauveria bassiana , hypocreales , longhorn beetle , bassiana , botany , entomopathogenic fungus , biological pest control , ascomycota , biochemistry , gene
The paper describes, for the first time, the occurrence of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps bassiana (anamorph: Beauveria bassiana) on the imago of the endangered beetle Rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina from the Low Beskid Mountains (the Carpathians, SE Poland). Furthermore, an isolate of the saprotrophic fungus Hypoxylon fragiforme was obtained as a result of laboratory tests on R. alpina specimens. Relationships between the identified fungi and R. alpina are discussed