Compsomyces lestevae Thaxt.
Creators: name: Santamaria, Sergi
name: Pedersen, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Laboulbeniomycetes
Laboulbeniales
Laboulbeniaceae
Compsomyces
Compsomyces lestevae

description: Compsomyces lestevae Thaxt.
MB#209523
Fig. 5A–B
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 35: 439 (Thaxter 1900, as lestevi). –
Type: [Not designated] [Ind. loc.] “ On Lesteva sicula Erich, British Museum, Nos. 452 and 453, Paisley and Red Hill, England. On abdomen and elytra”; FH.
Diagnostic features
Each row of perithecial outer wall cells consists of four unequal cells (Fig. 5A, arrows). Primary appendage with a base consisting of 2–3 large and inflated cells, bearing a solitary, short antheridium in the uppermost of these cells (Fig. 5A–B, an). [Detailed descriptions: Thaxter 1908; Majewski 1994b; Santamaria 2003]
Distribution and hosts
On Lesteva (= Lesta Blackwelder, 1952) (Col. Staphylinidae Omalinae) from Europe: France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (Santamaria et al. 1991), Belgium (De Kesel & Gerstmans 2011), the Netherlands (Haelewaters et al. 2012); and Africa: Algeria (Maire 1916a).
Collections examined from Denmark
On Lesteva hanseni Lohse, 1953 (Col. Staphylinidae Omalinae)
DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Eskemose ved Sydøstbredden af Sjaelsø; 55°51.557′ N, 12°26.533′ E; UB49; 10 Apr. 2020; JP 1599; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124357.
On Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830 (Col. Staphylinidae Omalinae)
DENMARK – Østjylland (EJ) • Klostermølle; 56°2.432′ N, 9°41.629′ E; NH41; 18 Jan. 2015; JP 455; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-122940.
On Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839 (Col. Staphylinidae Omalinae)
DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Stampeskov ved Rådvad; 55°48.332′ N, 12°33.138′ E; UB48; 14 Apr. 2013; JP 787; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123282.
On Lesteva sicula Erichson, 1840 (Col. Staphylinidae Omalinae)
DENMARK – Østjylland (EJ) • Klostermølle; 56°2.432′ N, 9°41.629′ E; NH41; 18 Jan. 2015; JP 454; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-122939 • Vest for Ørnsø ved Silkeborg; 56°9.126′ N, 9°30.588′ E; NH32; 10 Nov. 2018; JP 1228; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123755 • Viemose ved Ringkloster; 56°0.632′ N, 9°57.400′ E; NH50; 12 Mar. 2017; JP 533; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123017. – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Nord for Risø; 55°42.184′ N, 12°6.692′ E; UB17; 14 Dec. 2013; R. Aagaard Jensen 620; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123108. – Nordvestjylland (NWJ) • Gammelgård på Fur; 56°50.314′ N, 8°58.971′ E; MH99; 22 Nov. 2013; JP 420; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-122904 • Nord for Landting ved Vinderup; 56°30.049′ N, 8°45.384′ E; MH86; 19 Jan. 2015; JP 556; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123042. – Nordvestsjaelland (NWZ) • Flasken nord for Reersø; 55°31.965′ N, 11°9.831′ E; PG35; 26 Jan. 2014; JP 602; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123091. – Sydsjaelland (SZ) • Tryggevaelde Å ved Varpelev; 55°21.055′ N, 12°15.877′ E; UB23; 6 Jan. 2018; JP 969; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123476.
Remarks
First record from Denmark. The new finding could easily be anticipated because Denmark is in the middle of other European countries where C. lestevae has already been reported.
description: Published as part of Santamaria, Sergi & Pedersen, Jan, 2021, Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark, pp. 1-425 in European Journal of Taxonomy 781 on pages 42-44, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.781.1583, http://zenodo.org/record/5828924