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Female thallus of Herpomyces chaetophilus, removed from a Periplaneta americana cockroach | |
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Genus: | Herpomyces Thaxt. 1903
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Herpomyces periplanetae Thaxt. 1903
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H. amazonicus Thaxt. 1931 |
Herpomyces is a fungal genus in the order Herpomycetales (Laboulbeniomycetes), with species that are exclusively ectoparasites of members of the Blattodea order (cockroaches).[1][2] As of 2020, 27 species of Herpomyces are formally described.[3] Members of Herpomyces have been reported from all continents except Antarctica.[4]
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