Gnathotrichus materiarius
| Gnathotrichus materiarius | |
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| An adult Gnathotrichus materiarius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Gnathotrichus |
| Species: | G. materiarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch, 1858)
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Gnathotrichus materiarius, the American utilizable wood bark beetle, is an ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is native to North America,[1] but has been introduced to several European countries.[4] It lives in symbiosis with the fungus , which adult beetles inoculate into the wood of host trees - the fungus then acts as the primary food source of the larvae and adults.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "Gnathotrichus materiarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Gnathotrichus materiarius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Gnathotrichus materiarius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ Valkama, H; Martikainen, P; Räty, M (1997). "First record of North American ambrosia beetle Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch)(Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Finland - a new potential forest pest?". Entomologica Fennica. 8: 193–195. doi:10.33338/ef.83943. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Bantra, LR (1963). "Contributions to Our Knowledge of Ambrosia Fungi. II. Endomycopsis fasciculata Nom. Nov. (Ascomycetes)". American Journal of Botany. 50: 481–487. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1963.tb07218.x.
Further reading[]
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links[]
Categories:
- Scolytinae
- Beetles described in 1858
- Scolytinae stubs