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Table 2. Overview of fungal species found or tested on mosquito species, either in the laboratory* or in the field**.
Fungal species Mosquito host Infected stage Reference
Leptolegnia sp. (unidentified) Ae. albopictus larva * Fukuda et al. (1997)
id
An. gambiae larva ** Nnakumusana (1986)
id
M. titillans larva ** Lord & Fukuda (1990)
id
M. dyari larva ** Lord & Fukuda (1990)
Leptolegnia chapmanii Ae. aegypti larva ** McInnis & Zattau (1982), Lord & Fukuda (1990)
id
An. albimanus larva ** McInnis & Zattau (1982)
id
An. quadrimaculatus larva ** McInnis & Zattau (1982)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva */** McInnis & Zattau (1982), Lord & Fukuda (1990)
id
Oc. taeniorhynchus larva ** Lord et al. (1988)
id
Oc. triseriatus larva * Seymour (1984)
Leptolegnia caudata An. culicifacies larva */** Bisht et al. (1996)
Pythium carolinianum Ae. albopictus larva ** Su et al. (2001)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** id
Pythium sierrensis An. freeborni larva ** Clark et al. (1966)
id
C. incidens larva ** id
id
Cx. tarsalis larva ** id
id
O. californica larva ** id
id
Oc. sierrensis larva * id
id
Oc. triseriatus larva ** id
id
U. anhydor larva ** id
Pythium flevoense Oc. sierrensis larva */** Washburn et al. (1988)
Pythium sp. Ae. aegypti larva ** Nnakumusana (1985)
id
Ae. africanus larva ** id
id
Ae. simpsoni larva ** id
id
An. gambiae larva ** id
Pythium sp. Cx. tigripes larva ** Nnakumusana (1985)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** id
Lagenidium giganteum Ae. aegypti larva ** Rueda et al. (1990), Golkar et al. (1993)
id
An. gambiae larva ** Golkar et al. (1993)
id
An. freeborni larva ** Kerwin et al. (1994)
id
An.quadrimaculatus larva ** Rueda et al. (1991)
id
Cx. pipiens larva ** Golkar et al. (1993), Kerwin et al. (1994)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** Patel et al. (1990), Rueda et al. (1990), Orduz & Axtell (1991)
id
Cx. tarsalis larva *** Woodring et al. (1995)
Crypticola clavulifera Ae.aegypti larva ** Frances et al. (1989)
id
Oc. kochi larva * id
Coelomomyces africanus1) An. nigerrimus larva * Chapman et al. (1987)
id
An. sinensis larva * id
Coelomomyces angolensis Cx. guiarti larva * Ribeiro (1992)
Coelomomyces iliensis Cx. modestus larva * 2)
Coelomomyces indicus An. arabiensis larva * Service (1977)
id
An. culicifacies larva ** id
id
An. gambiae larva * Muspratt (1963)
id
An. indefinitus larva * Whisler et al. (1999)
id
An. stephensi larva * id
id
An. vagus larva * id
Coelomomyces irani An. maculipennis larva * Weiser et al. (1991a)
Coelomomyces lairdi An. punctulatus larva * Maffi & Nolan (1977)
Coelomomyces maclaeyae Ae. polynesiensis larva * Pillai & Rakai (1970)
Coelomomyces numularius An. squamosus larva * Ribeiro & Da Cunha Ramos (2000)
Coelomomyces opifexi Op. fuscus larva * Pillai & Smith (1968)
Coelomomyces pentangulatus Cx. erraticus larva * Ribeiro & Da Cunha Ramos (2000)
Coelomomyces polynesiensis Ae. polynesiensis larva * Pillai & Rakai (1970)
C. psorophorae var. psorophorae Ae. cinereus larva * Popelkova (1982)
id
Ae. vexans larva */ adults * Mitchell (1976), Goettel (1987a)
id
C. inornata larva */ ** Shemanchuk (1959), Federici & Roberts (1975)
id
Oc. taeniorhynchus larva ** Federici & Roberts (1975)
C. psorophorae var. tasmaniensis An. quadrimaculatus larva ** Roberts (1974)
id
C. inornata larva */** Roberts (1974), Chapman (1985)
id
Oc. australis larva * Buchanan & Pillai (1990)
id
Oc. taeniorhynchus larva ** Roberts (1974)
id
Op. fuscus larva * Buchanan & Pillai (1990)
id
Ps. howardii larva * id
Coelomomyces punctatus An. crucians larva * Pillai & Rakai (1970)
id
An. quadrimaculatus larva * id
Coelomomyces solomonis An. punctulatus larva * Laird (1956)
id
U. barnesi larva * id
C. stegomyiae var. stegomyiae Ae. aegypti larva */** / adults*/** Shoulkamy et al. (1997), Lucarotti & Shoulkamy (2000)
id
Ae. albopictus larva */ adults * Laird et al. (1992), Ramos et al. (1996)
id
Ae. multifolium larva * Briggs (1968)
id
Ae. polynesiensis larva */*** Padua et al. (1986), Laird (1967)
id
Ae. quadrispinatus larva * Briggs (1968)
id
Ae. scutellaris larva * Padua et al. (1986), Laird (1967)
C. stegomyiae var. stegomyiae Ae. variabilis larva * Briggs (1968)
Conidiobolus destruens Cx. pipiens adults * Mietkiewski & Van der Geest (1985)
Entomophthora conglomerata Cx. pipiens adults * Roberts (1974)
Entomophthora coronata Cx. quinquefasciatus adults */** Lowe et al. (1968), Lowe & Kennel (1972)
id
Oc. taeniorhynchus adults ** Lowe & Kennel (1972)
Entomophthora culicis Ae. aegypti adults ** Kramer (1982)
id
Ae. detritus adults * 3)
id
An. maculipennis adults * id
id
An. stephensi adults ** Kramer (1982)
id
Cx. pipiens adults * id
id
Culex spp. adults * Roberts (1974), Roberts & Strand (1977)
Entomophthora destruens Cx. pipiens adults *** Cuebas-Incle (1992)
Entomophthora musca Ae. aegypti adults ** Steinkraus & Kramer (1987)
Entomophthoraceae (unidentified) Cx. pipiens adults ** Cuebas-Incle (1992)
Eryinia conica Ae. aegypti adults ** id
id
Cx. restuans adults ** id
Zoophthora radicans Ae. aegypti adults ** Dumas & Papierok (1989)
Smittium (unidentified) An. gambiae larva ** 4)
Smittium (unidentified) Ae. aegypti larva ** 5)
id
Cx. pipiens larva ** id
Smittium morbosum An. hilli larva ** Sweeney (1981d)
id
Ae. albifasciatus larva * García et al. (1994)
Beauveria bassiana Cx. tarsalis adults **/larva **/*** Clark et al. (1968)
Beauveria tenella Ae. aegypti larva ** Pinnock et al. (1973)
id
Ae. dorsalis larva ** id
id
Ae. hexodontus larva ** id
id
An. stephensi larva ** 6)
id
C. incidens larva ** id
id
Cx. pipiens larva ** id
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** id
id
Cx. tarsalis larva ** id
id
Oc. sierrensis larva */** id
Culicinomyces spp. (unidentified) An. amictus hilli larva ** Sweeney (1978)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** id
Culicinomyces bisporales Ae. kochi larva * Sigler et al. (1987)
Culicinomyces clavisporus Ae. aegypti larva ** Cooper & Sweeney (1982)
id
Ae. altropalpus epactius larva ** Knight (1980)
id
Ae. atropalpus epactius larva ** Couch et al. (1974)
id
Ae. rubrithorax larva * Frances (1986)
id
Ae. rupestris larva */*** Goettel et al. (1984), Sweeney & Panter (1977)
id
An. amictus hilli larva */** Cooper & Sweeney (1982), Sweeney (1978, 1983)
id
An. farauti larva ** Sweeney (1978)
id
An. punctipennis larva ** Couch et al. (1974)
id
An. quadrimaculatus larva */** id
id
An. stephensi larva ** id
id
C. inconspicua larva * Frances (1986)
id
C. inornata larva * Goettel et al. (1984)
id
C. melanura larva ** Couch et al. (1974)
Culicinomyces clavisporus Cx. erraticus larva ** Couch et al. (1974)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** Couch et al. (1974), Cooper & Sweeney (1982, 1986)
id
Cx. restuans larva ** Couch et al. (1974)
id
Cx. territans larva ** id
id
Ps. confinnis larva ** id
id
Uranotaenia sp. larva ** id
Metarhizium anisopliae Ae. aegypti larva ** Ramoska et al. (1981); Daoust et al. (1982)
id
Ae. albopictus larva ** Ravallec et al. (1989)
id
An. albimanus larva ** Ramoska et al. (1981)
id
An. stephensi larva ** Crisan (1971); Daoust & Roberts (1982)
id
Cx. pipiens larva ** id
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** Ramoska et al. (1981); Lacey et al. (1988)
Fusarium culmorum Cx. pipiens pupae * Badran & Aly (1995)
Fusarium dimerum Cx. pipiens pupae * id
Fusarium oxysporum Ae. cantans larva ** 7)
id
Ae. detritus larva */** Husan & Vago (1973); Breaud et al. (1980)
id
Cx. pipiens larva ** id
Fusarium pallidoroseum An. stephensi larva * Ravindranath & Kapadnis (1991)
Fusarium semitectum Ae. cantans larva ** 7)
id
An. stephensi larva ** Sur et al. (1999)
Geotrichum candidum Ae. pionysis larva * 8)
id
An. maculipennis larva * id
id
An. stephensi larva ** Sur et al. (1999)
Paecilomyces farinosus Cx. pipiens larva * 8)
Paecilomyces lilacinus Ae. aegypti larva ** Agarwala et al. (1999)
Tolypocladium cylindrosporum Ae. aegypti larva ** Goettel (1988)
id
Ae. subalbirostris larva *** Gardner & Pillai (1987)
id
Ae. vexans larva *** Goettel (1987b)
id
C. inornata larva *** Goettel (1987b)
id
C. minnesotae larva *** id
id
Cx. tarsalis larva ** Soarés (1982)
id
Cx. territans larva *** Goettel (1987b)
id
Oc. australis larva */*** Gardner & Pillai (1987)
id
Oc. sierrensis larva */** / adults ** Soarés (1982), Saunders et al. (1988)
id
Oc. triseriatus larva ** Nadeau & Boisvert (1994)
Trichophyton ajelloi An. stephensi larva ** Mohanty & Prakash (2000)
id
Cx. quinquefasciatus larva ** id
Verticillium lecanii Oc. triseriatus larva * Ballard & Knapp (1984)
Notes:

1) A far more extensive list of Coelomomyces spp. and their mosquito hosts can be found in Couch & Bland (1985).
2) cited in Apperson et al. (1992). Original paper by Deshevykh (1973). Seasonal infection of larval Culex modestus by Coelomomyces fungi in the Ill river basin.
3) cited in Kramer (1982). Original book by Marshall (1938). The British mosquitoes.
4) cited in Sweeney (1981d). Original paper by Coluzzi (1966). Experimental infections with Rubetella fungi in Anopheles gambiae and other mosquitoes.
5) cited in Sweeney (1981d). Original paper by Dubitskij (1978). Biological control of blood sucking flies in the USSR.
6) cited in Geetha & Balaraman (1999). Original paper by Balaran et al. (1979).
7) cited in Sur et al., (1999). Original paper by Kalvish, T.K. & Kukharchuk, I.P., 1974. Pathogenic mycoflora of blood sucking mosquitoes of western Siberia and the Far East. Med. Parazit. Balenzi, 43, 57–64.
8) cited in Sur et al. (1999). Original paper by Kalvish & Kukharchuk (1974). Pathogenic mycoflora of bloodsucking mosquitoes of western Siberia and the Far East.
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