taxonID	type	description	language	source
C324241159592A1DD1C8FF07FBD18FE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Named after its host, Anochetus sp. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Hymenostilbe - like. Synnemata 1.2 – 4.2 cm long, 0.2 – 0.4 mm wide, arising from the insect joint, solitary or multiple, pale yellow to light yellow, smooth, without an enlarged globose fertile head on the top. Phialides solitary along synnemata, stout, protuberant, hyaline, clavate, obclavate, 11.4 – 16.5 × 2.5 – 3.7 µm (x = 13.9 × 3.1 µm, n = 50). Conidia smooth-walled, hyaline, one-celled, solitary, long obovoid, fusiform-elliptical, 5.5 – 8.8 × 1.8 – 2.7 μm (x = 3.2 × 2 µm, n = 50).	en	Xie, Shu-Qiong, Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Nalumpang, Sarunya (2025): Ophiocordyceps anocheti sp. nov. a new ant-parasitizing species from China. Phytotaxa 704 (3): 271-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5
C324241159592A1DD1C8FF07FBD18FE6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: — CHINA. Guizhou Province: Guiyang city, at 895 m, 106.241 E, 26.522 N, 13 May 2023, collected by Shu Qiong Xie, YPD 2323 (HKAS 132231, holotype). Same collecting details YPD 2324 (HKAS 132269). Known distribution: — Guizhou, China Known hosts: — Red ant adults (Anochetus sp., Ponerinae)	en	Xie, Shu-Qiong, Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Nalumpang, Sarunya (2025): Ophiocordyceps anocheti sp. nov. a new ant-parasitizing species from China. Phytotaxa 704 (3): 271-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5
C324241159592A1DD1C8FF07FBD18FE6.taxon	description	GenBank Numbers: HKAS 132231: (LSU: PV 139248, SSU: PV 139232, ITS: PV 139217, tef- 1 α: PV 156011, rpb 1: PV 155982, rpb 2: PV 155996), HKAS 132269: (LSU: PV 139249, SSU: PV 139233, ITS: PV 139218, tef- 1 α: PV 156012, rpb 1: PV 155983, rpb 2: PV 155997) Notes: — Two phylogenetically species, Ophiocordyceps oxycephala and O. sphecocephala parasitize Vespula spp. (Hymenoptera) (Hywel-Jones 1996), whereas the host of O. anocheti is Anochetus sp. (Ponerinae). Ophiocordyceps anocheti is morphologically distinct from other Ophiocordyceps species, characterized by slender, pale yellow synnemata, hyaline phialides, and smooth-walled, fusiform-elliptical conidia. In the phylogenetic analysis, O. anocheti clustered with O. oxycephala and O. sphecocephala with strong support (100 % MLBP, 1.00 PP) (Fig 1). Sequence comparisons between O. anocheti and O. sphecocephala revealed similarities of 98.80 % (10 bp differences) for LSU, 94.56 % (27 bp differences) for ITS, 98.64 % (12 bp differences) for tef- 1 α, 98.05 % (14 bp differences) for rpb 1, and 97.97 % (22 bp differences) for rpb 2. Comparisons between O. anocheti and O. oxycephala showed 98.80 % (10 bp differences) for LSU and 95.77 % (23 bp differences) for ITS. Based on these phylogenetic and morphological analyses, O. anocheti is introduced as a new species. Details of asexual morph of Ophiocordyceps species parasitic on ants are provided in Table 2.	en	Xie, Shu-Qiong, Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Nalumpang, Sarunya (2025): Ophiocordyceps anocheti sp. nov. a new ant-parasitizing species from China. Phytotaxa 704 (3): 271-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.704.3.5
