Microsporidan and Fungal Diseases of Solenopsis invicta Buren in Brazil
Microsporidan and Fungal Diseases of Solenopsis invicta Buren in Brazil
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巴西红火蚁的小孢子虫和真菌病
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1974
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通讯作者：
W. F. Buren
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G. E. Allen;W. F. Buren
在家庭蚁科的小孢子虫感染的第一个记录。这种生物是一种Thelohania sp.，1973年从巴西的红火蚁（Solenopsis invicta Buren）群体中分离。在其他三种S. saevissima情结Anasopliae绿僵菌（Metarrhiziumanasopliae）也报道来自S. invicta和切叶蚁Ata sexdens rubropilosa。讨论虽然蚁科一直是最广泛研究的昆虫家族之一，我们的知识与蚂蚁组的病原体是昆虫病理学中最缺乏的领域之一。许多描述的蚂蚁病原体是从少数个体中分离出来的，因为“动物流行病”，如那些发生在鳞翅目昆虫中的，很少被观察到。从共生关系到寄生关系，微生物和各种蚂蚁群体之间都存在各种程度的关联。阿蒂尼族成员与它们各自的真菌共生体的结合是一个众所周知的现象，惠勒（1907）和韦伯详细讨论了这一现象
The first record of a microsporidan infection in the family Formicidae is presented. The organism, a Thelohania sp., was isolated from Solenopsis invicta Buren colonies in Brazil in 1973. Microsporidan spores were also observed in three other species of the S. saevissima complex. Metarrhizium anasopliae is also reported from S. invicta and the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa. DISCUSSION Although the Formicidae has been one of the most extensively studied families of insects, our knowledge of pathogens associated with the ant group is one of the most deficient areas in insect pathology. Many of the pathogens described from ants were isolated from a small number of individuals since "epizootics," such as those that occur in the Lepidoptera, are rarely observed. All levels of association, ranging from symbiotic to parasitic relationships, can be found between microorganisms and various ant groups. The association of members of the Tribe Attini and their respective fungal symbionts is a well known phenomenon and is discussed in detail by Wheeler (1907) and Weber