Table 1 The main distinctive phialides characters of five clades

H. thompsonii

share short bottle-shaped or basally inflated, globose phialides, generally no more than 20 μm

H. necatrix, H. gregis, H. cryptosclerotium, H. tydeicola, H. sphaerospora

Acari, mite, Homoptera

H. citriformis

inflated bases and narrowly abruptly into a narrow long neck (20-40 μm)

H. gigantea, H. fusiformis, H. radiata, H. guignardii, H. longicolla, H. saussurei

Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera

H. nodulosa

helical twisting at the apex of phialides and warts on base

H. aphidis, H. brownorum, H. leizhouensis, H. liboensis

Lepidoptera

H. sinensis

cylindric, slender or subulate base, gradually tapering to a warted neck, usually more than 30 μm

H. sinensis, H. rhossiliensis, H. illustris, H. strigosa

nematodes, mites, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera

H. guyana

typical phialides, subulate with a basal cylindric portion, usually more than 30 μm

H. guyana, H. versicolor

Homoptera, Acari