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Herpomyces
Sign in to saveHerpomyces is a fungal genus in the order Herpomycetales (Laboulbeniomycetes), with species that are exclusively ectoparasites of members of the Blattodea order (cockroaches). As of 2020, 27 species of Herpomyces are formally described. Members of Herpomyces have been reported from all continents except Antarctica.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLaboulbeniomycetes
- OrderHerpomycetales
- FamilyHerpomycetaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Herpomycetaceae
- Collections
- FH, CUP
- Recorded in
- Hungary
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- Herpomycetaceae
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Herpomyces is a fungal genus in the order Herpomycetales (Laboulbeniomycetes), with species that are exclusively ectoparasites of members of the Blattodea order (cockroaches). As of 2020, 27 species of Herpomyces are formally described. Members of Herpomyces have been reported from all continents except Antarctica.
==See also== Laboulbeniomycetes
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