Herpomyces ectobiae Thaxt.

MB#200204

Fig. 1A

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 38: 20 (Thaxter 1902). –

Type: [Not designated] [Ind. loc.] “ On Ectobia Germanica Scudd., Cambridge, Mr. Bullard. On Ectobia sp., Zanzibar; Mus. Comp. Zoöl., No. 1357; St. Kitts, West Indies; Mus. Comp. Zoöl., No. 1361”; FH .

Diagnostic features

Female thalli prostrate. Shield absent. Perithecium with an inflated venter, gradually tapering towards a well-distinguished long and narrow, strongly arcuate neck, and a truncate, bent apex. [Detailed descriptions: Thaxter 1908; Tavares 1980; Majewski & Sugiyama 1985; Majewski 1994b; De Kesel 2001; Santamaria 2003]

Distribution and hosts

Widely distributed with its synanthropic host, Blattella germanica (as Ectobia germanica or Phyllodromica germanica in old literature) ( Blattodea, Blattidae). Reported from several countries in Europe (France, Poland, Spain, Belgium), Africa (Zanzibar), Asia (Burma, India, Japan, Philippines) and America (Argentina, Chile, USA, Saint Kitts and Nevis) (Santamaria et al. 1991; Majewski 2008). Recently reported from Bulgaria (Rossi et al. 2019a), Hungary (Pfliegler et al. 2018), and USA (Haelewaters et al. 2019b).

Collections examined from Denmark

On Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) ( Blattodea Blattidae)

DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • København; 55°41.332′ N, 12°33.762′ E; UB47; 23 Sep. 1943; N. Wolff DrY0026; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124040 . – Nordvestjylland (NWJ) • Thisted; 56°57.279′ N, 8°41.599′ E; MJ81; E. Petersen Dry0027; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124041 .

Remarks

First record from Denmark. Although the Danish material is not in perfect condition, it is perfectly identifiable (Fig. 1A).