Table 1. Metarhizium spp. isolates used in this study, including their hosts and origins (state and country).
| Fungal Isolate | Host/Substrate | Origin | Species |
| ARSEF 324 | Austracris guttulosa (Orthoptera: Acrididae) | QLD, Australia | Metarhizium acridum |
| ARSEF 552 | Lepidoptera | MG, Brazil | Metarhizium pingshaense |
| ARSEF 724 | Cerotoma arcuata (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium robertsii |
| ARSEF 729 | Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato (s.l.) |
| ARSEF 759 | Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 760 | Cerotoma arcuata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 782 | Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 929 | Chalcodermus aeneus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 1448 | Scaptores castanea (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium pingshaense |
| ARSEF 1449 | Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) | PA, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 1882 | Tibraca limbativentris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 1883 | Tibraca limbativentris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae sensu stricto |
| ARSEF 1885 | Diabrotica sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 2211 | Soil | SP, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 2521 | Deois sp. (Homoptera: Cercopidae) | PR, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 2575 | Curculio caryae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) | SC, USA | Metarhizium robertsii |
| ARSEF 3479 | (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) | DF, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 3641 | Soil | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 3643 | Soil | GO, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
| ARSEF 3918 | Soil | PR, Brazil | Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. |
* USDA-ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures, Ithaca, NY.
Identifications were provided September 2012 by curator of ARSEF* Richard Humber.