Entomophthoraceae
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| Entomophthoraceae | |
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| A female Melanostoma scalare hoverfly infected with the fungus Entomophthora muscae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Entomophthoromycota |
| Class: | Entomophthoromycetes |
| Order: | Entomophthorales |
| Family: | Entomophthoraceae A.B.Frank (1874)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Entomophthora Fresen. (1856) | |
| Subfamilies | |
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Entomophthoraceae is a family of fungi in the order Entomophthorales.[2][3] This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).[4] Most species in the family are obligately entomopathogenic. There are two subfamilies, Erynioideae and Entomophthoroideae, which were proposed in 2005.[5]
