Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt.

Mishustin, Ruslan I., Khodosovtsev, Alexander Y. & Rossi, Walter, 2024, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from countries surrounding the Black Sea, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (11), pp. 139-149 : 142

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2024v45a11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14004569
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scientific name	Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt.
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Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt. View in CoL (sensu lato)

EXAMINED MATERIAL. — Georgia • Shida Kartli, Kaspi ; 44°23’54”N, 44°23’54”E; 14.IV.2015; leg. Pljushtch I.; on Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (#i00353) GoogleMaps • Tbilisi; 41°44’28”N, 44°46’43”E; 26.IV.2022; leg. R. Mishustin; slide #L00409; on H. axyridis (#i00340-1, #i00340-2) GoogleMaps .

ADDITIONAL EXAMINED MATERIAL. — AFghanistan • Varas village ; 34°14’40”N, 66°54’39”E; 2500 m alt.; 23.VI.2016; leg. I. Pljushtch; slide #L00502; on elytra and legs of H. axyridis (#i00424) GoogleMaps .

Tajikistan • Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve ; 37°16’31”N, 68°28’51”E; 30.VII.2018; leg. I. Pljushtch; slide #L00498; on the elytra of H. axyridis (#i00415-1, i00415-2) GoogleMaps .

KNOWN DISTRIBUTION. — A common and widespread“morphospecies”, reported from five continents on several genera and species of Coccinellidae ( Coleoptera ). On the basis of molecular analysis it has recently been suggested that it may be a “collective species” ( Haelewaters & De Kesel 2020).