Abstract
Various aspects of the specificity are reviewed among entomopathogenic species of Entomophthorales and Hyphomycetes. The duality between parasitic capacities and saprophytic affinities of these microorganisms defined different degrees of specificity according to the species or groups. Recent results on taxonomy of Entomophthorales and on characterization of pathotypes of Hyphomycetes are discussed. Fungus toxicity and immunity reactions of the host influence the parasitic adaptation. The specificity of entomopathogenic fungi is also determined by the ecological relations between the fungus and the microorganisms of the environment and by the spatial-temporal coincidence between the populations of the pathogen and those of the host insect.
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