taxonID	type	description	language	source
3AF9BF9004AF5B02ABB8BBCC020F3D2F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Refers to its spider host.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
3AF9BF9004AF5B02ABB8BBCC020F3D2F.taxon	description	Description. Synnema arising from white to cream mycelial mat completely covering the spider host, cylindric, white to cream, slightly enlarged toward the sterile tip, consisting of multiseptate somewhat loosely bound longitudinal hyphae (Fig. 2 a, c). Conidiophores scattered, arising from a network of hyphae loosely attached to the surface of the synnema, occasionally from a mycelium covering the host, (45 -) 95 - 139 (- 150) x (5 -) 5.5 - 7 (- 8) μm, verrucose, multiseptate, tapering abruptly to a short distinct neck, enlarging into a broadly ellipsoid to globose vesicle, (4.5 -) 5.5 - 7.5 (- 8.5) μm in diam (Fig. 2 g). Metulae borne on vesicle, broadly obovoid to obovoid, (5 -) 6 - 7.5 (- 9) x (3 -) 4.5 - 6 (- 6.5) μm, bearing a group of narrowly obovoid phialides, thickened towards papillate apices, (4 -) 5.5 - 7.5 (- 9) x 1.5 - 2.5 (- 3.5) μm (Fig. 2 h). Vesicle, metulae and phialides forming spherical heads, (23 -) 24 - 29.5 (- 33.5) μm in diam (Fig. 2 h). Conidia fusiform, (4 -) 5.5 - 7.5 (- 9) x 1.5 - 2.5 (- 3.5) μm (Fig. 2 i). Perithecia developed on subiculum of the host, arranged sparingly, occasionally crowded, superficial with a loose covering of cream mycelia, reddish yellow, ovoid, (1,150 -) 1,209 - 1,400 (- 1,411) x (375 -) 427 - 505 (- 575) μm (Fig, 2 b, d). Asci over 600 μm long, (3.5 -) 4 - 5 (- 6) μm wide, ascus cap, (6 -) 7 - 8.5 (- 10) x (3.5 -) 4 - 4.5 (- 5) μm (Fig. 2 e). Ascospores bacilliform, multiseptate, whole, over 570 μm long, 1 - 1.5 μm wide (Fig. 2 f). Granulomanus - like asexual morph often occurring on the mycelial mat covering the host body. Polyblastic and irregularly shaped phialides developing multiple denticles, each bearing filiform conidium, (6 -) 7.5 - 10 (- 12) x 1 - 1.5 μm (Fig. 2 j).	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
3AF9BF9004AF5B02ABB8BBCC020F3D2F.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies derived from conidia, on PDA slow-growing, attaining a diam of 1.4 + / - 0.05 cm in 4 weeks at 25 ° C, white, velvety; reverse cream, becoming light brown with age toward center (Fig. 2 k). Sporulation not observed.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
85B98007DE5B5741AEF04585383FA25A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Refers to the fusiform part-spores.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
85B98007DE5B5741AEF04585383FA25A.taxon	description	Description. Spiders totally covered by the white to cream mycelial mat. A single synnema or synnemata in pairs cream to light brown, often darker than the mycelia covering the host, narrowing toward the apex and terminating in a swollen sterile tip with acute apex (Fig. 3 a-c). Conidiophores arising laterally from the outer layer of synnemata, crowded, (23 -) 31 - 53 (- 83) x (4 -) 5.5 - 6.5 (- 7.5) μm, mostly verrucose, occasionally slightly roughed for very short conidiophores, abruptly narrowing to a slender apex and forming a globose to subglobose vesicle (Fig. 3 c, i). Vesicles 6 - 7 (- 8) μm in diam, each bearing a number of metulae (Fig. 3 j). Metulae obovoid to broadly obovoid, (7 -) 7.5 - 9 (- 10) x (4.5 -) 5 - 5.5 (- 6) μm (Fig. 3 j). Phialides borne on metulae, narrowly obovoid, 7 - 8.5 (- 10) x 2 - 3 μm bearing fusiform to broadly fusiform conidia, (3.5 -) 4 - 5 (- 6) x 1.5 - 2 (- 2.5) μm (Fig. 3 h, j). Conidial heads spherical, (31 -) 32 - 34.5 (- 37) μm in diam (Fig. 3 j). Perithecia mostly appearing in pairs, ovoid, superficial with a loose covering of white to cream mycelia, reddish yellow, up to 1,000 μm in length, 320 - 350 μm in width (Fig. 3 d-e). Asci 600 - 700 x 7 - 8 μm (Fig. 3 f). Ascospores often disarticulating into part-spores. Part-spores fusiform, 12 - 15 x 2 - 3 μm (Fig. 3 g). Granulomanus - like asexual morph absent.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
85B98007DE5B5741AEF04585383FA25A.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies derived from conidia, on PDA slow-growing, attaining a diam of 1.1 + / - 0.03 cm in 20 days at 25 ° C, white, velvety; reverse cream, becoming light brown with age toward center (Fig. 3 k). Sporulation not observed.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
5335E10AEAD1526F8D8B10719F05BBE2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Refers to the capability of the fungus to produce pigmentosins.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
5335E10AEAD1526F8D8B10719F05BBE2.taxon	description	Description. Spider host completely covered by white to yellowish-white mycelial mat. Synnemata solitary or in pairs, cylindrical, white, becoming yellowish-white at the base (Fig. 4 a). Conidiophores arising along the entire length of the outer hyphae of synnemata and from the mycelia covering the host, crowded, smooth to verrucose, (55 -) 97.5 - 170 (- 226) x (5 -) 7 - 10 (- 12.5) µm, narrowing to a slender apex, and terminating in a swollen vesicle, metulae, phialides bearing conidia, forming a spherical conidial head (Fig. 4 a, f). Conidial heads (25 -) 30 - 39 (- 45) µm diam (Fig. 4 g). Vesicles mostly globose, (4.5 -) 5.5 - 9 (- 10) µm diam (Fig. 4 g). Metulae borne on a vesicle, broadly obovoid, (5.5 -) 6 - 8 (- 10) x (3 -) 4 - 6 (- 7.5) µm (Fig. 4 g), bearing phialides. Phialides obovoid to clavate, with a distinct short neck, (5 -) 5.5 - 8 (- 9) x 2 - 3 (- 4.5) µm (Fig. 4 g). Conidia produced on a phialide, obovoid with an acute apex, (2.5 -) 3.5 - 5 (- 5.5) x 1 - 2 (- 3) µm (Fig. 4 h). Perithecia produced on the mycelial mat on the head and body of the spider, scattered, superficial with loose mycelia covering only the bottom one-fourth of the perithecium, ovoid, reddish-yellow, (790 -) 882 - 1,117 (- 1,150) x 300 - 443 (- 475) μm (Fig. 4 a, b). Asci cylindrical, 700 - 750 μm long, (4.5 -) 5 - 6 (- 7) μm wide, ascus cap (4 -) 5.5 - 6.5 (- 7) x 3.5 - 4 (- 5.5) μm (Fig. 4 c). Ascospores filiform, multiseptate, arranged in parallel rows, (666 -) 670 - 727 (- 730) x 2 - 3 μm, often breaking into 128 part-spores (Fig. 4 d). Part-spores bacilliform with apices rounded, (3.5 -) 4 - 7 (- 9) x 1 - 1.5 (- 3) μm (Fig. 4 e). Granulomanus - like asexual morph occasionally present, forming irregularly branched hyphae bearing mono- or polyblastic phialides. Phialides irregularly in shape, mostly smooth, with one or more conspicuous denticles. A conidium borne on each denticle, long, filiform, (16 -) 16.5 - 21.5 (- 22.5) x 1 - 1.5 μm (Fig. 4 i).	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
5335E10AEAD1526F8D8B10719F05BBE2.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies derived from ascospores, on PDA slow-growing, attaining a diam of 1.5 + / - 0.2 cm in 4 weeks at 25 ° C, white, floccose; reverse light brown, darkening with age toward center (Fig. 4 j). Sporulation not observed. Additional specimens examined. Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khao Yai National Park, Mo Sing To Nature Trail; 14 ° 711 ' N, 101 ° 421 ' E; on Storenomorpha sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 13 August 2009; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, T. Chohmee, R. Ridkaew (BBH 26516, BCC 38246 and BCC 38955); on Araneida, underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 11 September 2009; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, T. Chohmee, R. Ridkaew (BBH 27081, BCC 39707 and BCC 39708); on Storenomorpha sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 7 April 2010; K. Tasanathai, S. Mongkolsamrit, T. Chohmee, A. Khonsanit, R. Ridkaew (BBH 28533, BCC 41870 and BCC 41871).	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
9B6A9DAA741F5609B789ADAE8F27A665.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Refers to the outer appearance of the fungus resembling the posture of a scorpion.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
9B6A9DAA741F5609B789ADAE8F27A665.taxon	description	Description. White to grayish- or brownish-white mycelial mat velvety, completely covering the spider host, firmly attaching the underside of living leaf by the mycelia covering its legs (Fig. 5 a, b). Synnema solitary, arising from the posterior of the host abdomen, cylindrical, consisting of a compact bundle of parallel hyphae, 15 - 20 mm long with blunt tip. Conidiophores arising laterally from synnema, stout, smooth, mostly biverticillate, 20 - 29 (- 30) x 4 μm (Fig. 5 d). Vesicles absent or hardly developed, bearing multiple metulae. Metulae obovoid, slightly broadening toward the base, (7 -) 9.5 - 12.5 (- 15) x (2 -) 3 - 5 (- 7) μm (Fig. 5 e). A number of phialides borne on each metula, broadly cylindrical, abruptly tapering toward the apex, forming thickened distinct short neck, (9 -) 10 - 12.5 (- 14) x (2 -) 2.5 - 3.5 (- 4) μm, each bearing a conidium (Fig. 5 e). Conidia fusiform, 5 - 7 (- 9) x (1.5 -) 2 - 3 μm (Fig. 5 f). Sexual morph occasionally present. Perithecia occurring on the mycelial mat covering the host legs, occasionally on synnema particularly at base, superficial, mostly arranged in groups, ovoid, reddish yellow or light honey-brown, one-third immersed in the loose network of mycelia, 750 - 836 (- 870) x 310 - 361 (- 380) μm (Fig. 5 c). Asci over 550 μm in length, (3 -) 4 - 5.5 (- 7) μm in width, ascus tip (4 -) 4.5 - 5 x 3 - 3.5 (- 4) μm (Fig. 5 g, h). Ascospores often breaking into part-spores. Part-spores bacilliform, (9 -) 10 - 15 (- 22) x 1.5 - 2 μm (Fig. 5 i). Granulomanus - like asexual morph absent.	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
9B6A9DAA741F5609B789ADAE8F27A665.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies derived from conidia, on PDA slow-growing, attaining a diam of 1.5 + / - 0.1 cm in 4 weeks at 25 ° C, floccose, forming irregular margin, white, reverse cream, darkening toward center with age (Fig. 5 l). Sporulation occurring after 3 - 4 months with the absence of synnema, forming a group of conidiophores, grey and scatter. Conidiophores biverticillate. Vesicles absent or hardly developed. Metulae obovoid, (10 -) 11 - 14.5 (- 16) x 3 - 5.5 (- 7) μm, each bearing cylindrical phialides, (10 -) 11.5 - 14 (- 16) x 3 - 4 μm. Conidia fusiform, 5 - 6 (- 7) x 3 - 3.5 (- 4) μm. Additional specimens examined. Thailand, Chumphon, Phato District, Phato Watershed Conservation and Management Unit; 9 ° 784 ' N, 98 ° 699 ' E; on Portia sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 10 March 2011; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, D. Thanakitpipattana (BBH 30499, BCC 47530). Nakhon Ratchasima, Khao Yai National Park, Mo Sing To Nature Trail; 14 ° 711 ' N, 101 ° 421 ' E; on Portia sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 1 June 2011; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, W. Noisripoom (BBH 29669, BCC 43298).	en	Kuephadungphan, Wilawan, Tasanathai, Kanoksri, Petcharad, Booppa, Khonsanit, Artit, Stadler, Marc, Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer (2020): Phylogeny- and morphology-based recognition of new species in the spider-parasitic genus Gibellula (Hypocreales, Cordycipitaceae) from Thailand. MycoKeys 72: 17-42, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088
