Ophiocordyceps agriotis (Kawam.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora [as 'agriotidis' ]

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 agriotis (Kawam.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora [as 'agriotidis']

Cordyceps agriota ≡ Cordyceps agriota Kawam. [as ‘agriotidis’ in Index Fungorum (2021)]

Hosts.

Elateridae (e.g. Agriotes ) larvae ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a, Shimizu 1997).

Known distribution.

China (Guizhou, Jilin), Japan ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a, Yang 2004; Liang 2007).

Notes.

The specific epithet of this species was adopted from the generic name of its host insect ' Agriotes ' ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a). The epithet ‘agriotidis’, used in Index Fungorum (2021) and related literature (e.g. Sung et al. 2007), is incorrect. Yang (2004) and Liang (2007) also recorded its hosts as Elateridae larvae.