Selected publications
Molecular phylogenetics and genomic-scale data of Laboulbeniomycetes
- Blackwell M, Haelewaters D, Pfister DH. 2020. Laboulbeniomycetes: Evolution, natural history, and Thaxter’s final word. Mycologia 112(6): 1048-1059. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2020.1718442 [pdf]
- Liu J, Haelewaters D, Pfliegler WP, Page RA, Dick CW, Aime MC. 2020. A new species of Gloeandromyces from Ecuador and Panama revealed by morphology and phylogenetic reconstruction, with a discussion of secondary barcodes in Laboulbeniomycetes taxonomy. Mycologia 112(6): 1192-1202. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2020.1781496 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Okrasińska A, Gorczak M, Pfister DH. 2020. Draft genome sequence of the globally distributed cockroach-infecting fungus Herpomyces periplanetae strain D. Haelew. 1187d. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(6): e01458-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01458-19 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Pfliegler WP, Gorczak M, Pfister DH. 2019. Birth of an order: comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study reveals that Herpomyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniomycetes) is not part of Laboulbeniales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 286-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.007 [pdf]
Diversity of Laboulbeniales fungi from the Netherlands
- Haelewaters D, De Kesel A. 2020. Checklist of thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes from Belgium and the Netherlands, including Hesperomyces halyziae and Laboulbenia quarantenae spp. nov. MycoKeys 71: 23-86. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.71.53421 [pdf]
- De Kesel A, Haelewaters D. 2019. Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) of cholevine beetles (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) in Belgium and the Netherlands. Sterbeeckia 35: 60-66. [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Boer P, Noordijk J. 2015. Studies of Laboulbeniales (Fungi: Ascomycota) on Myrmica ants: Rickia wasmannii in the Netherlands. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44: 39-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.44.4951 [pdf]
- De Kesel A, Haelewaters D. 2014. Laboulbenia slackensis and L. littoralis sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), two sibling species as a result of ecological speciation. Mycologia 106(3): 407-414. https://doi.org/10.3852/13-348 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Vorst O, De Kesel A. 2014. New and interesting Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) from the Netherlands. Nova Hedwigia 98(1-2): 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0150 [pdf]
- De Kesel A, Haelewaters D, Gerstmans C. 2013. Two interesting species of Rickia (Laboulbeniales) from coastal habitats in Belgium and the Netherlands. Sterbeeckia 32: 6-10. [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, De Kesel A. 2013. A new species of Cantharomyces (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) from the Netherlands. Mycotaxon 123: 467-472. https://doi.org/10.5248/123.467 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Nuytinck J, De Kesel A. 2012. Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) in Nederland: een introductie. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 101(5): 88-93. [pdf]
Bat fly-associated Laboulbeniales
- Haelewaters D, Dick CW, Cocherán Pittí KP, Dittmar K, Patterson BD. 2021. Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi: Exploring Uncharted Waters. pp. 349-371. In: Lim BK, Fenton MB, Brigham RM, Mistry S, Kurta A, Gillam EH, Russell A, Ortega J (eds.) 50 Years of Bat Research. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer Nature, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54727-1_21 [pdf]
- de Groot MD, Dumolein I, Hiller T, Sándor AD, Szentiványi T, Schilthuizen M, Aime MC, Verbeken A, Haelewaters D. 2020. On the fly: tritrophic associations of bats, bat flies, and fungi. Journal of Fungi 6(4): 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof6040361 [pdf]
- Liu J, Haelewaters D, Pfliegler WP, Page RA, Dick CW, Aime MC. 2020. A new species of Gloeandromyces from Ecuador and Panama revealed by morphology and phylogenetic reconstruction, with a discussion of secondary barcodes in Laboulbeniomycetes taxonomy. Mycologia 112(6): 1192-1202. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2020.1781496 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Pfister DH. 2019. Morphological species of Gloeandromyces (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) evaluated using single-locus species delimitation methods. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 3: 19-33. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2019.03.03 [pdf]
- Szentiványi T, Haelewaters D, Rádai Z, Mizsei E, Pfliegler WP, Báthori F, Tartally A, Glaizot O, Christe P. 2019. Climatic effects on the distribution of ant- and bat fly-associated fungal ectoparasites (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales). Fungal Biology 39: 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2019.03.003 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Hiller T, Dick CW. 2018. Bats, bat flies, and fungi: a case of hyperparasitism. Trends in Parasitology 34(9): 784-799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2018.06.006 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Page RA, Pfister DH. 2018. Laboulbeniales hyperparasites (Fungi, Ascomycota) of bat flies: Independent origins and host associations. Ecology and Evolution 8(16): 8396-8418. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4359 [pdf]
- Walker MJ, Dorrestein A, Camacho JJ, Hiller T, Meckler LA, Silas KA, Haelewaters D. 2018. A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama. Parasite 25: 19. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018017 [pdf]
Natural enemies of ladybirds (Coccinellidae)
- Nedvěd O, Santamaria B, Awad M, Sakaki S, Haelewaters D. Control of Harmonia axyridis by the ectoparasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae. In: Tarasco E, Quesada-Moraga E, Lopez-Ferber M, Ruiu L, Půža V, Stephan D, Nermuť J (eds.). Working Group “Microbial and Nematode Control of Invertebrate Pests”. Proceedings of the 18th Meeting “Microbial Control Agents in the Age of Global Change” at České Budějovice (Czech Republic), 19-22 June, 2022. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 162: 38-41. [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Hiller T, Kemp EA, van Wielink PS, Shapiro-Ilan DI, Aime MC, Nedvěd O, Pfister DH, Cottrell TE. 2020. Mortality of native and invasive ladybirds co-infected by ectoparasitic and entomopathogenic fungi. PeerJ 8: e10110. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10110 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, De Kesel A, Pfister DH. 2018. Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden species within a common fungal parasite of ladybirds. Scientific Reports 8(1): 15966. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34319-5 [pdf]
- Ceryngier P, Nedvěd O, Grez AA, Riddick EW, Roy HE, San Martin G, Steenberg T, Veselý P, Zaviezo T, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Haelewaters D. 2018. Predators and parasitoids of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in its native range and invaded areas. Biological Invasions 20(4): 1009-1031. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1608-9 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Zhao SY, Clusella-Trullas S, Cottrell TE, De Kesel A, Fiedler L, Herz A, Hesketh H, Hui C, Kleespies RG, Losey JE, Minnaar IA, Murray KM, Nedvěd O, Pfliegler WP, Raak-van den Berg CL, Riddick EW, Shapiro-Ilan DI, Smyth RR, Steenberg T, van Wielink PS, Viglášová S, Zhao Z, Ceryngier P, Roy HE. 2017. Parasites of Harmonia axyridis: current research and perspectives. BioControl 62(3): 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9766-8 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Minnaar IA, Clusella-Trullas S. 2016. First finding of the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales) on native and invasive ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in South Africa. Parasite 23: 5. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016005 [pdf]
- Raak-van den Berg CL, van Wielink PS, de Jong PW, Gort G, Haelewaters D, Helder J, Karssen G, van Lenteren JC. 2014. Invasive alien species under attack: natural enemies of Harmonia axyridis in the Netherlands. BioControl 59(2): 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9561-3 [pdf]
All-Fungal Biodiversity Inventory at the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts
- Gómez -Zapata PA, Haelewaters D, Quijada L, Pfister DH, Aime MC. 2021. Notes on Trochila (Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes), with new species and combinations. MycoKeys 78: 21-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.62046 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, De Kesel A, Gorczak M, Bao K, Gort G, Zhao SY, Pfister DH. 2019. Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) of the Boston Harbor Islands II: species parasitizing Carabidae, and the Laboulbenia flagellata species complex. Northeastern Naturalist 25(Special Issue 9): 110-149. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.025.s906 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Dirks AC, Kappler LA, Quijada L, Vandegrift R, Buyck B, Pfister DH. 2018. A preliminary checklist of fungi at the Boston Harbor Islands. Northeastern Naturalist 25(Special Issue 9): 45-76. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.025.s904 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D, Zhao SY, De Kesel A, Royer IR, Handlin RE, Farrell BD, Pfister DH. 2015. Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) of the Boston Harbor Islands I: species parasitizing Coccinellidae and Staphylinidae. Northeastern Naturalist 22(3): 459-477. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0304 [pdf]
- Haelewaters D. 2013. First record of the genus Ilyomyces for North America, parasitizing Stenus clavicornis. Bulletin of Insectology 66(2): 269-272. [pdf]