Table 1.

Host range of Metarhizium species

Metarhizium species	Host range	Hosts
Metarhizium album	Specialist	Hemiptera;
Metarhizium acridum	Specialist	Orthoptera;
Metarhizium majus	Intermediate	Coleoptera and Lepidoptera;
Metarhizium guizhouense	Intermediate	Coleoptera and Lepidoptera;
Metarhizium brunneum	Generalist	More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;
Metarhizium robertsii	Generalist	More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;
Metarhizium anisopliae	Generalist	More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;