Massospora
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| Genus: | Massospora |
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| Massospora cicadina Peck (1879)
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Massospora is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota.[2][3] It includes more than a dozen obligate, sexually transmissible pathogenic species that infect adult gregarious cicadas (Hemiptera) worldwide. At least two species are known to produce psychoactive compounds during infection.[4][5]
Species
Massospora carinetae
Massospora cicadettae
Massospora cicadina
Massospora diceroproctae
Massospora diminuta
Massospora dorisianae
Massospora fidicinae
Massospora levispora
Massospora ocypetes
Massospora pahariae
Massospora platypediae
Massospora spinosa
Massospora tettigatis
Massospora tipulae
References
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- ^ "Massospora Peck". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Massospora)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ Macias, Angie M. (May 2020). "Evolutionary relationships among Massospora spp. (Entomophthorales), obligate pathogens of cicadas". Mycologia. 112 (6): 1060–1074. doi:10.1080/00275514.2020.1742033. PMID 32412847. S2CID 218659452.
- ^ Cooley, John R.; Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R. (2018-01-23). "A specialized fungal parasite (Massospora cicadina) hijacks the sexual signals of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)". Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19813-0. PMC 5780379. PMID 29362478. Retrieved 2021-01-05.