Metarhizium puerense (Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae): a new species from Yunnan, south-western China Author Ma, Jin Mei https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9440-6947 School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Author Wang, Zhi Qin School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Author Yang, Zhi Li School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Author Chen, Yue School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Author Li, Song Yu School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Author Yu, Hong 0000-0002-2149-5714 School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China & School of Ecology and Environment, Yunnan University, Kunming, China text Biodiversity Data Journal 2024 2024-08-26 12 e 129087 e 129087 journal article 10.3897/BDJ.12.e129087 PMC11369493 39229385

Table 2. Morphological comparisons of Metarhizium puerense with its related species.

Species	Host	Stromata	Fertile part	Colony on PDA	Anamorph	P hialides (µm)	Conidia (µm)	References
M. puerense	Lepidoptera larva	Solitary or multiple, 2.6–4.7 cm long, 1.2 – 1.5 mm broad	Cylindrical to clavate, contains a large number of green conidia, 1–2 cm long, 1–1.5 mm broad	White dense mycelium, producing green spores later	Chain shape, clumping together	Solitary or in whorls of 2, 6.1–17.6 × 1.5–2.9	Ovoid to elliptical, 3.8–7.1 × 1.3–2.1	This study
M. album	Leafhoppers			Pure white to yellowish white, or greyish white becoming pinkish to fawn to pale brown upon sporulation	Conidial chains	Clavate phialides, solitary or in whorls of 2–5, 10–12.5 × 2–3.5	Narrowly ellipsoid or ovoid, (3 –) 4–6 × l. 5–2.5	Michiel et al., 1987
M. brasiliense	Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)			White to cream, becoming dark green to bluish green			Short conidia, 5.5–9 × 2.5–3.5	Kepler et al., 2014
M. samlanense	Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)			At first white turning green due to conidiation	Conidial chains	Phialides are short and cylindrical, 5–7 × 2–3	Green, globose, 3 × 5	Jennifer Luangsa-ard et al., 2016
M. prachinense	Lepidoptera larva	Stromata usually branched, 50–86 × 1–2 mm, broad	Cylindrical with pointed ends, white, pale yellow to grayish yellow, 0.8–1.7 × 1 mm	Initially colorless, turning green due to the production of green conidia	Conidial chains	Ovoid to obpyriform with short distinct neck, 3–5 × 2	Subglobose, green, 3–5 × 1.5–2.5	Jennifer Luangsa-ard et al., 2016