Maximum Likelihood tree of Ophiocordyceps obtained with a combined dataset of SSU, LSU, tef, RPB1 and RPB2 based on Bayesian/RAxML analysis with only >0.95/70 shown. Species proposed in this study are highlighted. Ant figures correspond to the ant genera infected by each clade within hirsutelloid Ophiocordyceps. At the top right a round phylogeny showing the whole analyses with the entire dataset used in this study, which included Cordycipitaceae, Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae species, with Ophiocordyceps highlighted. (ant images from www.AntWeb.org and the photographers: Oecophylla, Camponotus, Dolichoderus, Cephalotes, Paraponera and Daceton: April Nobile, Polyrhachis: Will Ericson.