Stigmatomyces majewskii Dainat, Manier & Balazuc, 1974
(a drosophila laboulbeniomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStigmatomyces majewskii (a drosophila laboulbeniomycete)
GenusStigmatomyces (fly laboulbeniomycetes)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stigmatomyces majewskii (a drosophila laboulbeniomycete) :
1: Stigmatomyces majewskii (a drosophila laboulbeniomycete)
15 Mar 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on pleurites, tergites, hind femur & costa of 2 male Drosophila subobscura at fermenting Birch sap runs
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Christian, E. 2001 The coccinellid parasite Hesperomyces virescens and further species of the order Laboulbeniales (Ascomycotina) new to Austria Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien Vol 103B: 599-603.
Dainat, H., Manier, J.-F. & Balazuc, J. 1974 Stigmatomyces majewskii n.sp., Stigmatomyces papuanus Thaxter 1901, parasitic Laboulbeniales of acalypterous Diptera Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 90 (3): 171-178.
Haelewaters, D. et al 2012 New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands Entomologische Berichten 72(3): 175-183.
Haelewaters, D., van Wielink, P., van Zuijlen, J.W., Verbeken, A. & De Kesel, A. 2012 New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands Entomologische Berichten Vol 72 (3): 175-183.

Stigmatomyces majewskii (a drosophila laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stigmatomyces majewskii (a drosophila laboulbeniomycete)

A microscopic ascomycete fungus parasitic on Drosophila obscura & Drosophila subobscura (Diptera, Drosophilidae); the fungus lives as a weak ectoparasite and appears to do its host little or no harm.

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