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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...
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domesticating different crops and animals.
Three groups of insects,
namely ambrosia beetles,
leafcutter ants, and fungus-growing
termites have
independently domesticated...
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Ambrosia fungi are
fungal symbionts of
ambrosia beetles including the
polyphagous and
Kuroshio shot hole borers.
There are a few
dozen species described...
- 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...
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Austroplatypus incompertus, a type of
ambrosia beetle, is
endemic to Australia. They are
found in
mesic forests, and
subtropical and
tropical ecosystems...
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Xyleborus is by far the
largest ambrosia beetle genus in the
tribe Xyleborini, with over 500 species.
Xyleborus nowadays includes a
number of formerly...
- some of
those beetles that are
house pests.
Ambrosia beetle Common furniture beetle Deathwatch beetle Flat-headed wood-borer
Powderpost beetle (Ptinidae,...
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fungi that are
growing amidst the wood fibers. In some cases, as in
ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:
Scolytinae and Platypodinae), the fungi...
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referred to as skin
beetles.
Other common names include larder beetle, hide or
leather beetles, ****
beetles, and
khapra beetles.
There are over 1,800...
