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Notes on a Laboratory Infection of Diptera Caused by the Fungus Empusa muscae Cohn1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ronald B. Baird
Ronald B. Baird
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
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The signs of an Empusa muscae Cohn infection in dead flies were described over two centuries ago by de Geer (Kirby and Spence, 1826), who, however, attributed the cause to some factor other than a microorganism. Though the validity of the name Empusa has often been questioned, it is used in this paper following the suggestion by MacLeod (1956).

The following account deals with the transmission of E. muscae to species of Diptera under controlled laboratory conditions.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 9 , September 1957 , pp. 432 - 435
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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