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Definition of Ambrosia beetle

Ambrosia beetle
Ambrosia beetle Ambrosia beetle (Zo["o]l.) A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.

Meaning of Ambrosia beetle from wikipedia

- Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with...
- "ambrosia beetles". The ambrosia beetles (such as Xyleborus) feed on fungal "gardens" cultivated on woody tissue within the tree. Ambrosia beetles carry the...
- domesticating different crops and animals. Three groups of insects, namely ambrosia beetles, leafcutter ants, and fungus-growing termites have independently domesticated...
- Xyleborus glabratus, the redbay ambrosia beetle, is a type of ambrosia beetle invasive in the United States. It has been do****ented as the primary vector...
- wood-boring Ambrosia beetles which distribute the spores of ambrosia fungi. The fungi grow in the beetles' tunnels, providing food for the beetles and their...
- Austroplatypus incompertus, a type of ambrosia beetle, is endemic to Australia. They are found in mesic forests, and subtropical and tropical ecosystems...
- cr****iusculus, known generally as the Asian ambrosia beetle or granulate ambrosia beetle, is a species of tropical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is...
- some of those beetles that are house pests. Ambrosia beetle Common furniture beetle Deathwatch beetle Flat-headed wood-borer Powderpost beetle (Ptinidae,...
- fungi that are growing amidst the wood fibers. In some cases, as in ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae), the fungi...
- Ambrosia fungi are fungal symbionts of ambrosia beetles including the polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers. There are a few dozen species described...