surprisingly,
no other Beauveria or Metarhizium species were found. Our
research forms part of a larger project looking for isolates of
entomopathogenic fungi which may be suitable for development
as microbial controls agent of white grub (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)
larvae, therefore sampling sites were selected based on the presence
of large white grub populations. Considering that the soil is
a natural reservoir for entomopathogenic fungi