The hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) is one of the vectors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) causing in humans, however little consideration was given to the biological control of the pest. Therefore, this study provides a screening method to select entomopathogenic fungi, having high virulence against H. longicornis. The virulence test was conducted by dipping method with a conidial suspension (1×107 conidia/ml). As a result, cadavers of H. longicornis infected with entomopathogenic fungi were obtained by this method. Based on this results, we selected several isolates having high virulence to H. longicornis. We suggest that, selected isolates in this study can be used for the control of H. longicornis.

• Mi Rong Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Tae Young Shin(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Sihyeon Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Jong Cheol Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Se Jin Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• So Eun Park(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Dongwei Li(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Jae Su Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea, Plant Medical Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Korea)