Akanthomyces: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Hypocreales
- Family
- Cordycipitaceae
- Genus
- Akanthomyces
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Akanthomyces
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Akanthomyces
Akanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.
The genus was first described by Lebert in 1858.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
- Akanthomyces aculeatus Lebert
- Akanthomyces araneicola
- Akanthomyces lepidopterorum
- Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum
- Akanthomyces noctuidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
- Akanthomyces pyralidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
- Akanthomyces tortricidarum Aini, Luangsa-ard, Mongkols. & Thanakitp.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Akanthomyces aculeatus
- Akanthomyces ampullifer
- Akanthomyces angustisporus
- Akanthomyces aranearum
- Akanthomyces attenuatus
- Akanthomyces clavata
- Akanthomyces coleopterorum
- Akanthomyces fragilis
- Akanthomyces gracilis
- Akanthomyces lecanii
- Akanthomyces muscarius
- Akanthomyces peruamazonensis
- Akanthomyces tuberculatus
- Lecanicillium aphanocladii
- Lecanicillium fungicola
- Lecanicillium psalliotae
- Lecanicillium saksenae



























































































































































