Holotype:
THAILAND, Narathiwat Province, Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, 9 Apr. 2012, K. Tasanathai, A. Khonsanit, W. Noisripoom, holotype BBH 35742, ex-type living culture BCC 52400.
Habitat:
In leaf litter.
Host:
Adult cicada (Hemiptera).
Description:
Host covered by mycelium, pale green to greyish green, with heavy sporulation. Synnemata absent. Conidia smooth-walled, dimorphic; microconidia ovoid, ellipsoidal, 3-6 × 2-3 μm; macroconidia cylindrical, 16-20 × 3.5-4 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 18 mm in 14 d, floccose, cottony, white to cream, green edge due to production of conidia. Sporulation starts at 20 d after inoculation, reverse uncoloured. Phialides solitary or in a group of three borne directly on the metulae, smooth-walled, cylindrical, 5 × 2 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, ovoid, ellipsoidal, 2–5 × 2–3 μm.
Reference:
Mongkolsamrit S, Khonsanit A, Thanakitpipattana D, et al. (2020). Revisiting Metarhizium and the description of new species from Thailand. Studies in Mycology 95: 171–251.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2020.04.001Species |
Strain |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 52400 | MN781907 | MN781832 | MN781785 | MN781933 | MN781685 |