chytridiosis, Latinization of French chytridiose, from Chytridinées, vernacular form of New Latin Chytridina, order name (from Chytridium, genus name + -ina -ina entry 1) + French -ose -osis; chytridiose, borrowed from French Note: French chytridiose appears to have been introduced by...
Chytridiosis of the scale insects Lepidosaphes beckii and L. newsteadi in Bermuda is caused by a parasite which appears to be identical to Myiophagus ucrainicus. The same parasite occurs sparsely in Lepidosaphes species in Louisiana, U. S. A., and Ontario, Canada, and may be ...