This paper, based on a recent comprehensive sampling of insects, is the first
report of Laboulbeniales from the New England region since the 1930s. We present 7 new
records of laboulbenialean parasites on Staphylinidae (rove beetles) and Coccinellidae (lady
beetles) from the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. These are Clonophoromyces
nipponicus Terada & I.I. Tav., Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt., Ilyomyces cf. mairei
F. Picard, Laboulbenia philonthi Thaxt., Peyritschiella protea Thaxt., Stichomyces conosomatis
Thaxt., and Teratomyces actobii Thaxt. One of these parasite species, C. nipponicus,
has not been found previously outside of its type locality in Japan. Examination of Roland
Thaxter’s 1891–1932 slides led to the designation of lectotypes for L. philonthi, P. protea,
S. conosomatis, and T. actobii. The following synonymy is established: Teratomyces brevicaulis
Thaxt. = T. actobii. In addition, we discovered new localities for H. virescens (from
Canada, Cuba, Guatemala, and Japan) and L. philonthi (from Canada, Grenada, Panama,
Trinidad, and Venezuela).