asexual fungi R.T.Moore (1980) - fungi
   Phylum Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. (1998) - sac fungi
     Subphylum Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka (1997)
       Class Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka (1997)
         Subclass Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka (1997)
           Order Hypocreales Lindau (1897)
             Family Clavicipitaceae Earle ex Rogerson (1970)
               Genus Metacordyceps G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)