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

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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.