Is Congeneric with ? Phylogenetic Relationships of spp. (, ) and a New Genus on Scale Insects in Thailand.

During surveys of insect pathogenic fungi (IPF) in Thailand, fungi associated with scale insects and plants were found to represent five new species of the genus in . Their macroscopic features resembled both and . Morphological comparisons with the type and known and species and phylogenetic evidence from a multigene dataset support the appointment of a new species of . Moreover, the data also revealed that the type species of , , is nested within , suggesting that is congeneric with . The specimens investigated here differ from other species by phenotypic characters including size and color of stromata. Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, , and sequences strongly support the notion that these strains are distinct from known species of , and are proposed as , , , and . gen. nov. is introduced for other species originally assigned to and occurring on scale insects and host plants as epiphytes, accommodating two new combinations of and .