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Issue: Vol. 459 No. 2: 11 September 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.459.2.3
Page range: 117–123
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 77

Akanthomyces lepidopterorum, a new lecanicillium-like species

Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
1 new species combination mononematous morphology phylogeny Fungi

Abstract

During a survey of entomopathogenetic fungi from Southwest China, a new species, Akanthomyces lepidopterorum was found on an undetermined lepidopteran larva. It differs from other species based on mostly smaller conidia, mononematous conidiophores and moderate length of phialide. Both the morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU and RPB2 sequence data support A. lepidopterorum as a new species. A new combination is also proposed in the genus Akanthomyces.