Metarhizium anisopliae species complex

Hosts.

More than seven insect orders, including Coleoptera (e.g. Elateridae and Tenebrionidae spp., Kabaluk et al. 2005, 2017; Humber and Hansen 2005; Reddy et al. 2014); inhabiting soil, plant surfaces and plant internal tissues (Hu et al. 2014; Bamisile et al. 2018; Brunner-Mendoza et al. 2019).

Distribution.

Widely distributed.

Note.

Metarhizium anisopliae species complex includes several cryptic species, for example, M. anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokīn, M. brunneum Petch and M. robertsii J.F. Bisch., S.A. Rehner & Humber (Bischoff et al. 2009; Kepler et al. 2014; Mongkolsamrit et al. 2020). Amongst them, M. brunneum was most often noted as a wireworm pathogen (e.g. Kabaluk et al. 2017).