A Case of a New Ectoparasitic Fungal Infection of the Ant

Vadim Iliushin, Dmitry Shevchenko, Irina Kirtsideli, Dmitry Dubovikoff, Anna Kiyashko, Evgeny Abakumov

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Article in Insects, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Vadim IliushinKomarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professora Popova Street, 2, St. Petersburg 197022, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-1031-7661

Dmitry ShevchenkoD.I. Ivanovsky Academy of Biology and Medicine, Southern Federal University, Stachki Avenue, 194/1, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia.ORCID 0009-0000-8047-8781

Irina KirtsideliKomarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professora Popova Street, 2, St. Petersburg 197022, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-7232-996X

Dmitry DubovikoffDepartment of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 16-Line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-0931-6277

Anna KiyashkoKomarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professora Popova Street, 2, St. Petersburg 197022, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-3058-7493

Evgeny AbakumovDepartment of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 16-Line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-5248-9018

Funding

Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 12401310-0829-3St Petersburg University Project No. 132392751

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents the first case of an ectoparasitic fungal infection of ants from southern Russia with the description of a new species

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antsCapnodialesLasiusmicrofungimulti-gene phylogenymyrmecopathogenic fungiparasitic fungiReaderielliopsidaceae

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PMID42652507

DOI10.3390/insects17080853

PMCPMC13513694

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