Myles T G, Strack B H, Forschler B
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada.
J Invertebr Pathol. 1998 Sep;72(2):132-7. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4770.
The distribution of the entomogenous fungus Antennopsis gallica is extended with its discovery on Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) in Canada. The level of infection varied between termite castes. The most heavily infected termites were those that belonged to terminal, nonmoulting castes, soldiers and neotenic reproductives being more infected than workers and nymphs. Several termites carried in excess of 200 fungal thalli, with a maximum number of 479 thalli occurring on a single neotenic reproductive. The distribution of the fungus on termite cuticle appears to be random, with larger body regions supporting proportionately larger numbers of fungal thalli. The fungus was observed in different stages of development, with over 50% occurring as fungal holdfasts and fewer than 10% with fully developed conidiophores. There was no indication that termite health was compromised by the presence of this ectoparasitic fungus.
虫生真菌高卢蚁蚁菌（Antennopsis gallica）的分布范围随着在加拿大黄胸散白蚁（Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)）上的发现而扩大。感染程度在白蚁不同品级间有所差异。感染最严重的白蚁是那些属于末期、不蜕皮品级的，兵蚁和幼态生殖蚁比工蚁和若蚁感染更严重。几只白蚁携带的真菌菌体超过200个，在一只幼态生殖蚁上出现的真菌菌体数量最多达到479个。真菌在白蚁体表的分布似乎是随机的，身体较大区域支撑着相对较多数量的真菌菌体。观察到真菌处于不同发育阶段，超过50%为真菌固着器形态，发育完全的分生孢子梗形态的不到10%。没有迹象表明这种外寄生真菌的存在会损害白蚁的健康。
