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

Abstract

We present a discovery of a new origin of the ambrosia symbiosis in Scolytodes unipunctatus. S. unipunctatus is associated with the fungal genera Raffaelea, Graphium, and Gondwanamyces.

Keywords

• Scolytodes unipunctatus
• Cecropia
• Raffaelea
• Gondwanamyces
• Graphium
• ambrosia
• xylomycetophagy
• phloeophagy