Taxonomy and phylogeny of entomopathogenic fungi from China-revealing two new genera and thirteen new species within Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota).

ABSTRACT: Scale insects (Coccidae, Hemiptera) and whiteflies (Aleyrodidae, Homoptera) are diminutive, ubiquitous, sap-sucking plant parasites, many of which are serious agricultural pests. Over the course of several years, an investigation into entomopathogenic fungi affecting scale insects and whiteflies resulted in the collection of 13 novel species of Clavicipitaceae in Yunnan and Hainan Provinces, China. Based on three-loci (nrLSU, tef-1a, and rpb1) phylogenetic analysis and morphological evidence, it was determined that two new genera, Paramoelleriella and Polymicrospora, each encompassed a new species. Additionally, two new species of Hypocrella s. str. and nine new species of Moelleriella were identified. Within the Moelleriella c

SUBMITTER: Wang ZQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12070072 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature