Ophiocordyceps ferruginosa (Kobayasi & Shimizu) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Cordyceps ferruginosa ≡ Cordyceps ferruginosa Kobayasi & Shimizu

Hosts.

Xylophagidae larvae ( Diptera).

Known distribution.

Japan (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980b).

Notes.

Hosts of the species were originally identified as Coleoptera larvae living in decayed wood (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980b, Shimizu 1997). According to the illustrations by Shimizu (1997), the hosts are actually Diptera ( Xylophagidae) larvae. Considering the very similar morphology and the same hosts between O. ferruginosa and O. variabilis, the former might be a synonym of the latter (see notes of O. variabilis below). As a result, O. ferruginosa is not a pathogen of wireworms.