Novel taxa and species diversity of Cordyceps sensu lato (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) developing on wireworms (Elateroidea and Tenebrionoidea, Coleoptera) Author Zha, Ling-Sheng https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4935-0725 School of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, P. R. China & School of Sciences, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand Author Kryukov, Vadim Yu Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze str., 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia Author Ding, Jian-Hua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0348-9847 School of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, P. R. China Author Jeewon, Rajesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-957X Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit 80837, Mauritius Author Chomnunti, Putarak School of Sciences, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand putarak.cho@mfu.ac.th text MycoKeys 2021 2021-03-29 78 79 117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.61836 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.61836 1314-4049-78-79 A7805105FFAF5D3EA781AE792370B9B9 Ophiocordyceps acicularis (Ravenel) Petch Cordyceps acicularis ≡ Cordyceps acicularis Ravenel Hosts. Elateridae larvae ( Shimizu 1997 ). Known distribution. China (Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan), Japan, Russia (Far East), U.S.A. (Carolina) ( Massee 1895 ; Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a , Koval 1984 ; Liang 2007 ). Note. Hosts of the species were generally identified as wireworms or Coleoptera larvae ( Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980a , Liang 2007 ). Shimizu (1997) identified the hosts of the species from Japan and Taiwan as Elateridae larvae.