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Hesperomyces
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Hesperomyces

Hesperomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contains at least fifteen species.

Most of them are ectoparasites of ladybugs (Coccinellidae), only He. biphylli is reported from Biphyllidae and He. catopii from Mycetophagidae, but their status as species within the genus needs confirmation.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Green Beetle Hanger

complexHesperomyces virescens

Hesperomyces coccinelloides

complexHesperomyces coccinelloides

Hesperomyces benghalensis

speciesHesperomyces benghalensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 362822.