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

Zha, Ling-Sheng, Kryukov, Vadim Yu, Ding, Jian-Hua, Jeewon, Rajesh & Chomnunti, Putarak, 2021, Novel taxa and species diversity of Cordyceps sensu lato (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) developing on wireworms (Elateroidea and Tenebrionoidea, Coleoptera), MycoKeys 78, pp. 79-117 : 79

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.