Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) data of Metarhizium species for Taxonomic Elucidation of M. anisopliae sensu lato

Metarhizium anisopliae (Clavicipitaceae, Hypocreales) is a globally distributed entomopathogenic fungus, which has been largely studied and used in agriculture for its potent entomopathogenicity. Since its taxonomic establishment as a member of Metarhizium, many closely related taxa have been described with highly similar morphology (cryptic species). A holotype specimen of M. anisopliae is not extant, and the ex-neotype strain (CBS 130.71) does not form a monophyletic clade with other strains, up to now, recognized as M. anisopliae sensu stricto. In this study, we have conducted an integrative taxonomic treatment of M. anisopliae sensu lato by including the ex-neotype strain of M. anisopliae, other unknown strains from our collections identified as M. anisopliae s. lat., as well as other known species that have been previously delimited as closely related but distinct to M. anisopliae. By including whole-genome sequencing, morphometric analysis, LC–MS based metabolomics, and virulence ..., , , # Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) data of *Metarhizium* species for Taxonomic Elucidation of *M. anisopliae sensu lato*

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jr8](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jr8)

The dataset contains 98,085 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data of 70 strains of *Metarhizium* spp. Seventy strains of *Metarhizium* spp. were grown on a fungal culture media (PDA), and harvested for DNA extraction. The DNA were used for whole-genome sequencing using MGISeq-2000 platform. The raw data were quality controlled and mapped to a reference genome of *M. anisopliae* strain JEF-290 (Lee et al. 2019) and SNPs were inferred using GATK pipeline.

Lee MR, Li D, Lee SJ, et al (2019) Use of *Metarhizum aniopliae s.l.* to control soil-dwelling longhorned tick, *Haemaphysalis longicornis*. J Invertebr Pathol 166:. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2019.107230](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2019.107230)

## Description of the data and file structure

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