Ophiocordyceps acicularis (Ravenel) Petch

Cordyceps acicularis ≡ Cordyceps acicularis Ravenel

Hosts.

Elateridae larvae (Shimizu 1997).

Known distribution.

China (Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan), Japan, Russia (Far East), U.S.A. (Carolina) (Massee 1895; Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a, Koval 1984; Liang 2007).

Note.

Hosts of the species were generally identified as wireworms or Coleoptera larvae (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a, Liang 2007). Shimizu (1997) identified the hosts of the species from Japan and Taiwan as Elateridae larvae.