Ophiocordyceps stylophora (Berk. & Broome) 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 stylophora (Berk. & Broome) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Cordyceps stylophora ≡ Cordyceps stylophora Berk. & Broome

Hirsutella stylophora = Hirsutella stylophora Mains

Hosts.

Larvae of Coleoptera ( Cerambycidae , Elateridae , Scarabaeidae ) ( Shrestha et al. 2016).

Known distribution.

Canada (Nova Scotia), China (Guangxi, Jilin, Zhejiang), Japan, Russia (Far East), U.S.A. (Carolina) ( Kobayasi 1941; Mains 1941; Koval 1984; Liang 2007).

Note.

Liang (2007) recorded the hosts of the species as Lepidoptera larvae, but his provided picture (a specimen collected from Jilin, China) appears to be a wireworm host.