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SUBMITTER: Evans HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274273 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evans H C HC Araújo J P M JPM Halfeld V R VR Hughes D P DP
Fungal systematics and evolution 20171215
The type of <i>Ophiocordyceps unilateralis</i> (<i>Ophiocordycipitaceae</i>, <i>Hypocreales</i>, <i>Ascomycota</i>) is based on an immature specimen collected on an ant in Brazil. The host was identified initially as a leaf-cutting ant (<i>Atta cephalotes</i>, Attini, Myrmicinae). However, a critical examination of the original illustration reveals that the host is the golden carpenter ant, <i>Camponotus sericeiventris</i> (Camponotini, Formicinae). Because the holotype is no longer extant and t ...[more]