Sordariomycetes - Hypocreales - Hypocreomycetidae
Full reference: Y. Zhuang, J. P. M. Araújo, D. Haelewaters, C. Luo, and D. Tang. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Cretaceous entomopathogenic fungi illuminate the early evolution of insect-fungal associations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292(20250407)
Belongs to Paleoophiocordyceps according to Y. Zhuang et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus, Paleoophiocordyceps ironomyiae
Type specimen: YKLP-AMB-010, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yunnan University YKLP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yunnan University YKLP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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