Pathogens significantly influence natural and agricultural ecosystems, playing a crucial role in the regulation of species populations and maintaining biodiversity. Entomopathogenic fungi (EF), particularly within the Hypocreales order, exemplify understudied pathogens that infect insects and other arthropods globally. Despite their ecological importance, comprehensive data on EF host specificity and geographical distribution are lacking. To address this, we present EntomoFun 1.0, an open-access database centralizing global records of EF-insect associations in Hypocreales. This database includes 1,791 records detailing EF species, insect host taxa, countries of occurrence, life stages of hosts, and information sources. EntomoFun 1.0 is constructed based on 600 literature sources, as well as herbarium specimens of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. This database is intended to test hypotheses, identify knowledge gaps, and stimulate future research. Contents of the EntomoFun 1.0 database are visualized with a global map, taxonomic chart, bipartite community network, and graphs.

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology Department of Ecology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic

Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic

Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia

Research Group Mycology Department of Biology Ghent University Ghent Belgium

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Richmond United Kingdom

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London London United Kingdom

School of Ecology Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat sen University Shenzhen Guangdong 518107 China

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