Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Sordariomycetes
Subclassis: Hypocreomycetidae
Ordo: Hypocreales
Familia: Cordycipitaceae
Genus: Akanthomyces
Species: A. aculeatus – A. angustisporus – A. aranearum – A. araneicola – A. araneogenus – A. attenuatus – A. clavata – A. coccidioperitheciatus – A. coleopterorum – A. dipterigenus – A. fragilis – A. gracilis – A. johnsonii – A. kanyawimiae – A. lecanii – A. lepidopterorum – A. muscarius – A. neoaraneogenus – A. neocoleopterorum – A. noctuidarum – A. peruamazonensis – A. pissodis – A. pistillariiformis – A. pyralidarum – A. ryukyuenis – A. sabanensis – A. sulphureus – A. thailandicus – A. tortricidarum – A. tuberculatus – A. waltergamsii
Name
Akanthomyces Lebert, Z. Wiss. Zool. 9: 447 (1858)
Type species: Akanthomyces aculeatus Lebert, 1858
Synonyms
Insecticola Mains, Mycologia 42(4): 577 (1950)
Lecanicillium W. Gams & Zare, Nova Hedwigia 72(3-4): 332 (2001)
References
Primary references
Lebert, H. 1858. Ueber einige neue oder unvollkommen gekannte Krankheiten der Insekten, welche durch Entwicklung niederer Pflanzen im lebenden Körper enstehen. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 9: 439–453. BHL Reference page.
Links
Index Fungorum: IF 7083
MycoBank: MB 7083
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Akanthomyces. [accessed on 1 July 2020]
Akanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.[1][2]
The genus was first described by Lebert in 1858.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
Akanthomyces aculeatus Lebert
Akanthomyces araneicola[3]
Akanthomyces lepidopterorum[4]
Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum[5]
Akanthomyces noctuidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
Akanthomyces pyralidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
Akanthomyces tortricidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
References
"Akanthomyces Lebert". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Aini AN, Mongkolsamrit S, Wijanarka W, Thanakitpipattana D, Luangsa-ard JJ, Budiharjo A (2020). "Diversity of Akanthomyces on moths (Lepidoptera) in Thailand". MycoKeys (71): 1–22. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.71.55126. PMID 32831550.
Chen, Wan-Hao; Liu, Chang; Han, Yan-Feng; Liang, Jian-Dong; Tian, Wei-Yi; Liang, Zong-Qi (2019-07-12). "Akanthomyces araneicola, a new araneogenous species from Southwest China". Phytotaxa. 409 (4): 227–232. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.409.4.5. ISSN 1179-3163.
Chen, Wan-Hao; Han, Yan-Feng; Liang, Jian-Dong; Liang, Zong-Qi (2020-09-11). "Akanthomyces lepidopterorum, a new lecanicillium-like species". Phytotaxa. 459 (2): 117–123. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.459.2.3. ISSN 1179-3163.
Chen, Wan-Hao; Han, Yan-Feng; Liang, Jian-Dong; Liang, Zong-Qi (2020-02-10). "Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum, a new verticillium-like species". Phytotaxa. 432 (2): 119–124. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.432.2.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
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