Galapagos Species Database
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Smittium aff. brasiliense
hongo del intestino de insectas, Insect gut fungus
Gut fungus inhabiting larvae of black fly (Simulium antillarum Jennings, 1915; Diptera: Simuliidae)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Zygomycota
Class
Trichomycetes
Order
Harpellales
Family
Legeriomycetaceae
Genus
Smittium
Species
aff. brasiliense
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
- Adler, P. H., Reeves, W. K., & McCreadie, J. W. (2024) Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Galapagos Islands: Native or adventive? PloS one, 19(10), e0311808.
- Neldera, M.P. McCreadie, J.W., Coscarón, C. & Brockhouse, C.L. (2004) First report of a trichomycete fungus (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes) inhabiting larvae of Simulium ochraceum sensu lato Walker (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 87: 39–44.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Smittium aff. brasiliense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16948. Accessed 2 November 2026.