A new record of fungus-beetle symbiosis in Scolytodes bark beetles (Scolytinae, Curculionidae, Coleoptera)

Symbiosis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Hulcr, Jiri ^a,b   Kolarik, Miroslav ^c,d   Kirkendall, Lawrence R ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambrosia; Cecropia; Gondwanamyces; Graphium; Phloeophagy; Raffaelea; Scolytodes unipunctatus; Xylomycetophagy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DNA; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NEW RECORD; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; WOOD;

AMBROSIA; CECROPIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; GONDWANAMYCES; PLATYPODINI; RAFFAELEA; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTODES;

EID: 38149098460     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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