Review Article

Coleopteran and Lepidopteran Hosts of the Entomopathogenic Genus Cordyceps sensu lato

Table 1

An aggregate list of coleopteran hosts (family/genus/species) of Cordyceps species.

S numberCordyceps sp.Family Genus/species Host stage

1C. aurantiacaElateridaeLarva [23]
2C. brittlebankiiScarabaeidaeHeteronyx sp.Larva [24]
3C. brongniartiiScarabaeidaeAnomala cupreaLarva [25]
4C. coxiiScarabaeidaeLepidiota sp.Larva [26]
5C. erotyliErotylidaeErotylus sp.Adult [27]
6C. geotrupisGeotrupidaeGeotrupes sp.Adult [28]
7C. huntiiElateridaeLarva [29]
8C. memorabilisStaphylinidaeStaphylinus sp.Adult [30]
9C. militarisCurculionidae
Tenebrionidae
Ips sexdentatus
Tenebrio molitor
Larva [31, 32]
10C. nikkoensisCarabidaeLarva [33]
11C. nirtoliiElateridaeMelanotus communisLarva [34]
12C. obliquiordinataScarabaeidaeLarva [35]
13C. pseudoinsignisScarabaeidaeMelolontha sp.Larva [36]
14C. rubraElateridaeLarva [37]
15C. scarabaeicolaScarabaeidaeAdult [38]
16C. shanxiensisElateridaeMelanotus caudex, Pleonomus canaliculatusLarva [39]
17C. staphylinidicolaStaphylinidaeLarva [40]
18C. velutipesElateridae
Scarabaeidae

Melolontha sp.
Larva [36, 41]
19M. brittlebankisoidesScarabaeidaeLarva [42]
20M. campsosterniElateridaeCampsosternus auratusLarva [43]
21M. martialeElateridaeHemirhipus sp.Larva [44]
22O. acicularis TenebrionidaeNictobates sp.Larva [41]
23O. aphodiiScarabaeidaeAphodius howitti, A. tasmaniaeLarva [45, 46]
24O. arbusculaScarabaeidaeLarva [47]
25O. barnesiiScarabaeidaeLarva [41]
26O. brunneipunctataElateridaeLarva [48]
27O. carabidicolaCarabidaeLarva [49]
28O. curculionumCurculionidaeHeilipus celsusAdult [41]
29O. doveiCerambycidaeOemona hirtaLarva [50]
30O. elateridicolaElateridaeLarva [33]
31O. elongatiperitheciataScarabaeidaeLarva [51]
32O. entomorrhiza

Carabidae



 Cerambycidae
Chrysomelidae
Curculionidae
Staphylinidae
Tenebrionidae
Calathus sp., Calosoma sp., Carabus auronitens, C. coriaceus, C. glabratus, C. hortensis, C. intricatus, C. nemoralis, C. nemorensis, C. violaceus, Coptolabrus sp., Hadrocarabus problematicus, Pterostichus sp.
Leptura sp.
Diabrotica sp.
Apion flavipes
Ocypus sp.
Meneristes laticollis
Larva, adult [41, 50, 5257]
33O. formosanaTenebrionidaeLarva [58]
34O. geniculataScarabaeidaeLarva [59]
35O. gracilioidesElateridaeLarva [59]
36O. gracillimaScarabaeidaeLarva [60]
37O. highlandensisScarabaeidaeLarva [61]
38O. jiangxiensisElateridaeCampsosternus auratus, C. fruhstorferiLarva [62]
39O. konnoanaScarabaeidaeLarva [59]
40O. larvicolaCerambycidae
Scarabaeidae
Tenebrionidae
Callidium sp.

Cylindronotus sp., Helops  caraboides, H. lanipes
Larva [36, 50, 63]
41O. macularisScarabaeidaeLarva [64]
42O. melolonthaeScarabaeidaeAncyloncha puncticollis, Lachnosterna fusca, Melolontha sp.Larva [41, 65]
43O. michiganensisCarabidae
Scarabaeidae

Scarabaeus sp.
Larva [50, 66]
44O. neovolkianaScarabaeidaeLarva [50]
45O. nigrellaScarabaeidaeLarva [33]
46O. purpureostromataElateridaeLarva [51]
47O. raveneliiScarabaeidaeLachnosterna fusca, Phyllophaga sp., Rhizotrogus sp. Larva [65, 67, 68]
48O. salebrosaElateridaeAdult [69]
49O. scottianaLucanidaeRhyssonotus nebulosusLarva [26]
50O. stylophoraCarabidae
Cerambycidae
Elateridae
Scarabaeidae

Phoracantha semipunctata
Denticollis linearis
Costelytra zealandica
Larva [52, 7072]
51O. superficialisChrysomelidae
Staphylinidae
Scarabaeidae


Larva [27, 49, 73]
52O. variabilisScarabaeidaeLarva [73]
53O. volkianaCarabidaeEripus heterogasterLarva [37]
54P. peltata CurculionidaeCryptorhynchus corticicolusLarva [68]
55S. palustrisScarabaeidaeLarva [37]