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Record of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensu lato, the zombie-ant fungus, parasitizing Camponotus in an urban fragment of Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil

Bruno Corrêa BarbosaLaboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica (LABEC), Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vitor Ribeiro HalfeldLaboratório de Protozoologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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João Paulo Machado de AraújoDepartment of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, State College, PA, USA
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Tatiane Tagliatti MacielLaboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica (LABEC), Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Fábio PrezotoLaboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica (LABEC), Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pages 21-23 | Received 16 Jun 2014, Accepted 20 Nov 2014, Published online: 27 Jan 2015

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