Entomogenous Cordyceps and related genera from Mexico with discussions on their hosts and new records

Fifteen species of Cordyceps (Ascomycotina, Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae) a nd related genera and their anamorphs parasitic on insects have been record ed from Mexico, of which Cordyceps dipterigena (from the State of Veracruz in a subtropical humid forest on flies of the genus Eucalliphora) and C. pr uinosa (from Quintana Roo in a tropical rain forest on an unknown host) are first reported for the country. Cordyceps militaris presents the broadest distribution in the country. The confusion between C. gracilis and C. entom orrhiza is discussed. Cordyceps melolonthae var. rickii only previously kno wn from Chiapas, is now reported from two new localities in Chiapas, and fr om the States of Oaxaca and Veracruz; in Oaxaca and Chiapas on larvae of En ema endymion, and in Veracruz on larvae of Strategus aloeus (both Coleopter a, Melolonthidae, subfam. Dynastinae, tribus Oryctini).