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Xylophagous
Xylophagous Xy*loph"a*gous, a. [Gr. ? eating wood; xy`lon wood
+ ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said
especially of certain insect larv[ae], crustaceans, and
mollusks.
(b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.
Meaning of Xylophagous from wikipedia
- (phagein) "to eat".
Animals feeding only on dead wood are
called sapro-
xylophagous or saproxylic. Most such
animals are arthropods,
primarily insects of...
- A wood-decay or
xylophagous fungus is any
species of
fungus that
digests moist wood,
causing it to rot. Some
species of wood-decay
fungi attack dead wood...
-
collectively grouped into the "Protocoleoptera" are
thought to have been
xylophagous (wood eating) and wood boring.
Fossils from this time have been found...
-
fungi benefit their hosts.
Fungi growing in dead wood are
essential for
xylophagous insects (e.g.
woodboring beetles). They
deliver nutrients needed by xylophages...
- only on dead wood is
called sapro-xylophagy and
those animals, sapro-
xylophagous.
Detritivores play an
important role as
recyclers in the ecosystem's...
-
beetles whose larval or
adult forms eat and
destroy wood (i.e., are
xylophagous). In the
woodworking industry,
larval stages of some are
sometimes referred...
- Permian.
Early beetles such as
members of
Permocupedidae were
likely xylophagous,
feeding on
decaying wood.
Several lineages such as
Schizophoridae expanded...
-
known as the
primitive weevils, is a
cosmopolitan family of
primarily xylophagous beetles also
known as straight-snouted weevils. The
concept of this family...
- only on dead wood is
called sapro-xylophagy and
those animals, sapro-
xylophagous. In food webs,
saprophages generally play the
roles of decomposers. There...
- wood is the
normal primary food source; such
animals are
known as
being xylophagous. A
related stereotypy in
horses is cribbing,
where a
horse grabs a board...
