Multigene phylogeny and morphology reveal sp. nov. and sp. nov. (Ophiocordycipitaceae).

species have a wide range of insect hosts, from solitary beetle larva to social insects. However, among the species of , only a few attack cicada nymphs. These species are mainly clustered in the clade in . A new entomopathogenic fungus parasitic on cicada nymphs, and another fungus parasitic on the larva of Coleoptera, are described in this study. The two new species viz. and were introduced based on morphology and multigene phylogenetic evidence. The phylogenetic framework of was reconstructed using a multigene (nr, nr LSU, α, , and ) dataset. The phylogenetic analyses results showed that and were statistically well-supported in the clade, forming two separate subclades from other species of . The distinctiveness of these two new species was strongly supported by both molecular phylogeny and morphology.