Akanthomyces lecanii (Zimm.) Spatafora, Kepler & B. Shrestha, 2017

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Akanthomyces lecanii (Zimm.) Spatafora, Kepler & B. Shrestha

Cephalosporium lecanii ≡ Cephalosporium lecanii Zimm.

Verticillium lecanii ≡ Verticillium lecanii (Zimm.) Viégas

Lecanicillium lecanii ≡ Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W. Gams

Cephalosporium lecanii coccorum = Cephalosporium lecanii f. coccorum (Petch) Bałazy

Sporotrichum lichenicola = Sporotrichum lichenicola Berk. & Broome

Hirsutella confragosa = Hirsutella confragosa Mains

Torrubiella confragosa = Torrubiella confragosa Mains

Cordyceps confragosa = Cordyceps confragosa (Mains) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Cephalosporium coccorum = Cephalosporium coccorum Petch

Verticillium coccorum = Verticillium coccorum (Petch) Westerd.

Cephalosporium coccorum uredinis = Cephalosporium coccorum var. uredinis U.P. Singh & Pavgi

Cephalosporium subclavatum = Cephalosporium subclavatum Petch

Akanthomyces lecanii For further doubtful synonyms, see Zare and Gams (2001).

Hosts.

Spiders, insects from various orders, including Coleoptera (e.g. Tenebrionidae : Alphitobius diaperinus ); inhabiting phytopathogenic fungi and plant-parasitic nematodes ( Humber and Hansen 2005; Shinya et al. 2008).

Distribution.

Widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, for example: Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Indonesia, Peru, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Turkey and USA ( Zare and Gams 2001).

Notes.

The species was originally and frequently reported on scale insects ( Hemiptera : Coccidae (syn. Lecaniidae )) ( Zare and Gams 2001). Humber and Hansen (2005) listed its hosts involving spiders, many insect orders and found on the mushroom Puccinia striiformis ( Pucciniaceae ). The species was also found on phytopathogenic fungi and plant-parasitic nematodes ( Shinya et al. 2008). Zare and Gams (2001) systematically studied the species and listed its synonyms. Kepler et al. (2017) rejected Torrubiella and Lecanicillium and transferred the species to Akanthomyces .