{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["117"],"submitter":["Wang ZQ"],"pubmed_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, <i>tef</i>-1<i>a</i>, and <i>rpb1</i>) phylogenetic analysis and morphological evidence, it was determined that two new genera, <i>Paramoelleriella</i> and <i>Polymicrospora</i>, each encompassed a new species. Additionally, two new species of <i>Hypocrella</i> <i>s. str.</i> and nine new species of <i>Moelleriella</i> were identified. Within the <i>Moelleriella</i> c"],"journal":["MycoKeys"],"pagination":["121-169"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12070072"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Taxonomy and phylogeny of entomopathogenic fungi from China-revealing two new genera and thirteen new species within Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)."],"pmcid":["PMC12070072"],"pubmed_authors":["Tang DX","Wang ZQ","Ma JM","Zhou XM","Zhao J","Liang ZL","Li JH","Yu H","Yang ZL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Taxonomy and phylogeny of entomopathogenic fungi from China-revealing two new genera and thirteen new species within Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota).","description":"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, <i>tef</i>-1<i>a</i>, and <i>rpb1</i>) phylogenetic analysis and morphological evidence, it was determined that two new genera, <i>Paramoelleriella</i> and <i>Polymicrospora</i>, each encompassed a new species. Additionally, two new species of <i>Hypocrella</i> <i>s. str.</i> and nine new species of <i>Moelleriella</i> were identified. Within the <i>Moelleriella</i> c","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-05-22T03:11:08.395Z","creation":"2026-05-22T03:08:16.794Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12070072","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40364896"],"doi":["10.3897/mycokeys.117.140577"]}}