Biology:Gnathotrichus materiarius

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Short description: Species of beetle

Gnathotrichus materiarius
Gnathotrichus materiarius.jpg
An adult Gnathotrichus materiarius
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Gnathotrichus
Species:
G. materiarius
Binomial name
Gnathotrichus materiarius
(Fitch, 1858)

Gnathotrichus materiarius, the American utilizable wood bark beetle, is an ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is native to North America,[1] but has been introduced to several European countries.[4][5] It lives in symbiosis with the fungus Endomycopsis fasciculata, which adult beetles inoculate into the wood of host trees - the fungus then acts as the primary food source of the larvae and adults.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gnathotrichus materiarius Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=620466. 
  2. "Gnathotrichus materiarius species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6057bf16ec33b01066b9de68622ae8c4. 
  3. "Gnathotrichus materiarius Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/485063. 
  4. Valkama, H; Martikainen, P; Räty, M (1997). "First record of North American ambrosia beetle Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch)(Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Finland - a new potential forest pest?". Entomologica Fennica 8 (4): 193–195. doi:10.33338/ef.83943. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19981109346. Retrieved 21 June 2018. 
  5. Witkowski, Radosław; Dyderski, Marcin K.; Bełka, Marta; Mazur, Andrzej (2022). "Potential European Geographical Distribution of Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch, 1858) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) under Current and Future Climate Conditions" (in en). Forests 13 (7): 1097. doi:10.3390/f13071097. 
  6. Bantra, LR (1963). "Contributions to Our Knowledge of Ambrosia Fungi. II. Endomycopsis fasciculata Nom. Nov. (Ascomycetes)". American Journal of Botany 50 (5): 481–487. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1963.tb07218.x. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q50389379 entry