Ophiocordyceps annulata (Kobayasi & Shimizu) Spatafora, Kepler & C.A. Quandt [as 'annulata' in Index Fungorum (2021)]

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 annulata (Kobayasi & Shimizu) Spatafora, Kepler & C.A. Quandt [as 'annulata' in Index Fungorum (2021)]

Cordyceps annulata ≡ Cordyceps annulata Kobayasi & Shimizu [as ' Ophiocordyceps annulata ' in Index Fungorum (2021)]

Host.

Tenebrionoidea or Elateroidea larva.

Known distribution.

Japan ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1982a).

Note.

Host of the species was originally recorded as a Coleoptera larva ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1982a). According to the illustration by Shimizu (1997), the host is a wireworm.