Host range and diversity of the genus Geosmithia (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) living in association with bark beetles in the Mediterranean area

Abstract

This study mapped the diversity, host spectrum and area of distribution of Geosmithia spp. occurring in galleries ofbark beetle species with a Mediterranean distribution.

Keywords

• Entomogenous fungi
• Insect-fungus interactions
• Scolytinae