Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii

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Masiulionis, Virginia E.; Cabello, Marta Noemí; Seifert, Keith A.; Rodrigues, Andre; Pagnocca, Fernando C.
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2015
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Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.
Instituto de Botánica "Dr. Carlos Spegazzini"
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Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
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spelling Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldiiMasiulionis, Virginia E.Cabello, Marta NoemíSeifert, Keith A.Rodrigues, AndrePagnocca, Fernando C.BotánicaAttiniFungus- growing antHypocrealesMycoparasitismCurrently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.Instituto de Botánica "Dr. Carlos Spegazzini"2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf731-740http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123554enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1572-9699info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0003-6072info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25576160info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10482-014-0367-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-11-05T13:08:46Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/123554Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-11-05 13:08:47.223SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
spellingShingle Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
title_short Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_full Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_fullStr Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_full_unstemmed Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
title_sort Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
author Masiulionis, Virginia E.
author_facet Masiulionis, Virginia E.
Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
author_role author
author2 Cabello, Marta Noemí
Seifert, Keith A.
Rodrigues, Andre
Pagnocca, Fernando C.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
topic Botánica
Attini
Fungus- growing ant
Hypocreales
Mycoparasitism
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.
Instituto de Botánica "Dr. Carlos Spegazzini"
description Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.
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