Molecular phylogenetic analysis reveals the new genus Hemisphaericaspora of the family Debaryomycetaceae.
Four strains of a novel ascomycetous yeast species were recovered from the frass of wood-boring beetles collected from the Baotianman Nature Reserve and the Laojieling Nature Reserve in Henan Province, China.This species produced unconjugated and deliquescent asci with hemispheroid or helmet-shaped ascospores.Analysis of gene sequences for the D1/D