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  2. ›Entomophthoromycota
  3. ›Entomophthoromycetes
  4. ›Insect Destroyers
  5. ›Entomophthoraceae
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Strongwellsea

Strongwellsea is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota. They are known to infect insects. Infected adult dipteran hosts (flies from Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, and Scathophagidae families) develop a large hole in their abdomens, through which conidia (spores) are then actively discharged while the hosts are still alive.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Strongwellsea selandia

speciesStrongwellsea selandia

Strongwellsea gefion

speciesStrongwellsea gefion

Strongwellsea castrans

speciesStrongwellsea castrans

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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 1412933.