Metarhizium acridum
| Metarhizium acridum | |
|---|---|
| Red locust with sporulating standard isolate of M. acridum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Metarhizium |
| Species: | M. acridum |
| Binomial name | |
| Metarhizium acridum (Driver & Milner) J.F. Bisch., Rehner & Humber (2009) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum Driver & Milner | |
Metarhizium acridum is the new name given to a group of fungal isolates that are known to be virulent and specific to the Acrididea (grasshoppers). Previously, this species has had variety status in Metarhizium anisopliae (var. acridum); before that, reference had been made to M. flavoviride or Metarhizium sp. describing an "apparently homologous and distinctive group" of isolates that were most virulent against Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust) in early screening bioassays.