Yeasts of the genus Pichia dominate the mycobiome of Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae during urban composting

Hermetia illucens is a fly found worldwide in tropical and temperate regions that feeds on decaying organic matter in its larval stage, which makes them useful to accelerate composing processes. Bacterial component on the larval guts that helps to degrade organic matter is well studied, however fungal communities information is more scarse, specially in tropical regions. We employed ITS metabarcoding to characterize fungal communities present in H. illucens larval gut.