Cryptotympana atrata belongs to the family Cicadidae, has long been recognized as a damaging plant-sucking pest, and is distributed in East Asian countries. In addition, their cries cause direct harm to us through noise pollution and also reported twig damage in the forest environments. In this study, we isolated strains of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium that occurred from C. atrata collected this year. Here, we provide the morphological character and molecular phylogenetic relationship of this species. This is the first record of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium viridulum isolated from C. atrata in Korea and provides a candidate strain with potential use for biological agents.

• InJi Heo(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University) Corresponding author
• Seulki Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)
• Dong Young Hwang(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)
• Ji Won Jang(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)
• Young Seo Hong(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)
• Kui-Jae Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)
• Tae Young Shin(Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University)