Cordyceps yaoluopingensis sp. nov., a new entomopathogenic species from China

YU YANG; YUAN-PING XIAO; YAN-NI CHENG; FEI-YAN XU; HAO-MING HAN; XIA LUO

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.571.3.2

Issue: Vol. 571 No. 3: 4 November 2022

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Published: 2022-11-04

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.3.2

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Cordyceps yaoluopingensis sp. nov., a new entomopathogenic species from China

YU YANG⁺⁻
YUAN-PING XIAO⁺⁻
YAN-NI CHENG⁺⁻
FEI-YAN XU⁺⁻
HAO-MING HAN⁺⁻
XIA LUO⁺⁻

School of Biological Science and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, No.1 West Huifeng Road, Chuzhou 239000, China. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. China.

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. China.

School of Biological Science and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, No.1 West Huifeng Road, Chuzhou 239000, China.

insect fungi morphology multilocus phylogeny new taxon taxonomy

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Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi have evolved in concert with insects for a long time and possess unique insecticidal properties and significant biological control, and medicinal potential. However, they are frequently overlooked and many previously unknown species have yet to be discovered and described. Cordyceps yaoluopingensis, a new species from Yaoluoping Nature Reserve in Anhui Province, China is defined as a new species based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. The new species has shorter synnemata, longer phialides and larger ovoid or fusiform conidia. Phylogenetic analysis using the six loci ITS, LSU, SSU, tef1-α, rpb1 and rpb2 established the uniqueness of the new species.

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