Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management

Macro- and microscopic morphological studies and multilocus phylogenetic analysis were made on larval specimens of a ghost moth collected from a pigeon pea plantation in Huánuco, Peru. DNA sequences from the cadaver and the fungal isolates obtained represented a monophyletic clade based on the phylo...

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Main Authors: Ming-Jun Chen, López-Juan Chavez, Jin-Yuan Kang, Jiang-Xin Hu, Jian-Fei Dong, You-Jiu Tan, Zhu-An Chen, Bo Huang, Chun-Ru Li, Chang-Sheng Sun, Nigel Hywel-Jones, Xing-Zhong Liu, Zeng-Zhi Li
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21501203.2024.2350959
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author Ming-Jun Chen
López-Juan Chavez
Jin-Yuan Kang
Jiang-Xin Hu
Jian-Fei Dong
You-Jiu Tan
Zhu-An Chen
Bo Huang
Chun-Ru Li
Chang-Sheng Sun
Nigel Hywel-Jones
Xing-Zhong Liu
Zeng-Zhi Li
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Chang-Sheng Sun
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Zeng-Zhi Li
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description Macro- and microscopic morphological studies and multilocus phylogenetic analysis were made on larval specimens of a ghost moth collected from a pigeon pea plantation in Huánuco, Peru. DNA sequences from the cadaver and the fungal isolates obtained represented a monophyletic clade based on the phylogeny. All morphological characters and molecular data showed that the pathogenic fungus infecting the ghost moth larvae was an unknown cordycipitoid species, herein described as, Harposporium incensis sp. nov. based on morphological features and multilocus phylogenetic analysis on the cadaver and fungus isolated from the same specimen. The far-related and ecologically different hosts of teleomorph and anamorph of this new species display a peculiar inter-phylum host jumping between the insect Trichophassus giganteus of the phylum Arthropoda and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans of the phylum Nematoda and have biological control potential.
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spelling doaj-art-d5576ee0aabd46f4af9c5f530c8bb2c62025-08-20T03:05:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMycology2150-12032150-12112025-01-0116123824910.1080/21501203.2024.2350959Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest managementMing-Jun Chen0López-Juan Chavez1Jin-Yuan Kang2Jiang-Xin Hu3Jian-Fei Dong4You-Jiu Tan5Zhu-An Chen6Bo Huang7Chun-Ru Li8Chang-Sheng Sun9Nigel Hywel-Jones10Xing-Zhong Liu11Zeng-Zhi Li12Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaPeru Biotech Eirl, Lima, PeruCollege of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaProvincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaProvincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaBioAsia Life Science Institude, Pinghu, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaProvincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaMacro- and microscopic morphological studies and multilocus phylogenetic analysis were made on larval specimens of a ghost moth collected from a pigeon pea plantation in Huánuco, Peru. DNA sequences from the cadaver and the fungal isolates obtained represented a monophyletic clade based on the phylogeny. All morphological characters and molecular data showed that the pathogenic fungus infecting the ghost moth larvae was an unknown cordycipitoid species, herein described as, Harposporium incensis sp. nov. based on morphological features and multilocus phylogenetic analysis on the cadaver and fungus isolated from the same specimen. The far-related and ecologically different hosts of teleomorph and anamorph of this new species display a peculiar inter-phylum host jumping between the insect Trichophassus giganteus of the phylum Arthropoda and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans of the phylum Nematoda and have biological control potential.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21501203.2024.2350959OphiocordycepsHarposporiumtaxonomyhost jumpingbiological control agent
spellingShingle Ming-Jun Chen
López-Juan Chavez
Jin-Yuan Kang
Jiang-Xin Hu
Jian-Fei Dong
You-Jiu Tan
Zhu-An Chen
Bo Huang
Chun-Ru Li
Chang-Sheng Sun
Nigel Hywel-Jones
Xing-Zhong Liu
Zeng-Zhi Li
Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
Mycology
Ophiocordyceps
Harposporium
taxonomy
host jumping
biological control agent
title Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
title_full Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
title_fullStr Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
title_full_unstemmed Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
title_short Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
title_sort harposporium incensis sp nov a south american cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter phylum host jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management
topic Ophiocordyceps
Harposporium
taxonomy
host jumping
biological control agent
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21501203.2024.2350959
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