Chitonomyces paradoxus (Peyr.) Thaxter, Memoirs

Rossi, Walter & Leonardi, Marco, 2018, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone, Phytotaxa 358 (2), pp. 91-116 : 103

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scientific name	Chitonomyces paradoxus (Peyr.) Thaxter, Memoirs
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Chitonomyces paradoxus (Peyr.) Thaxter, Memoirs View in CoL of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 287, 1896.

Known distribution. Widespread species reported from Europe, Asia, Central America and U.S.A. on various species of Laccophilus ( Try et al. 2017) .

New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi , on the distal portion of the right elytra of Laccophilus leonensis .

Remarks. Although Chitonomyces paradoxus is not only widespread but also quite common, it was never found in the African continent thus far.