Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora, 2007

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

Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Torrubia melolonthae ≡ Torrubia melolonthae Tul. & C. Tul.

Cordyceps melolonthae ≡ Cordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc.

Cordyceps rickii = Cordyceps rickii Lloyd

Cordyceps melolonthae rickii = Cordyceps melolonthae var. rickii (Lloyd) Mains

Ophiocordyceps melolonthae rickii = Ophiocordyceps melolonthae var. rickii (Lloyd) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Hosts.

Scarabaeidae larvae ( Shrestha et al. 2016), Elateridae larvae ( Shimizu 1997).

Distribution.

North, Central and South America, the West Indies ( Kobayasi 1941; Mains 1958), Japan ( Shimizu 1997), Belarus, the Russian Far East ( Koval 1984).