Entomophthora

Entomophthora

Entomophthora muscae infesting the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Zygomycota
Order:	Entomophthorales
Family:	Entomophthoraceae
Genus:	Entomophthora Fresen. (1856)
Type species
Entomophthora muscae (Cohn) Fresen. (1856)
Synonyms
Empusa Cohn (1855) Myiophyton Lebert (1857) Lamia Nowak. (1884) Empusa subgen. Triplosporium Thaxt. (1888) Culicicola Nieuwl. (1916) Entomophthora Krenner (1961) Triplosporium (Thaxt.) A.Batko (1964)

Entomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn in 1856.