Metarhizium pseudoatrovirens (Kobayasi & Shimizu) Kepler, S.A. Rehner & Humber

Cordyceps pseudoatrovirens ≡ Cordyceps pseudoatrovirens Kobayasi & Shimizu

Metacordyceps pseudoatrovirens ≡ Metacordyceps pseudoatrovirens (Kobayasi & Shimizu) Kepler, G.H. Sung & Spatafora

Hosts.

Larvae of Tenebrionoidea and/or Elateroidea (Shimizu 1997; Liang 2007).

Known distribution.

China (Guizhou), Japan (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1982b; Liang 2007).

Notes.

The host of the species was originally recorded as a Coleoptera larva (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1982b), then Shimizu (1997) identified it as a Tenebrionidae larva. Liang (2007) recorded the species with pictures (four specimens) and wireworm hosts.