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The MSU HISL database contains a worldwide species list of Xyleborini, a major group of ambrosia beetles, from the Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae of S.L. Wood and D.E. Bright (1992) A USDA-sponsored information resource and key Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine to the world genera of Xyleborini; American Bark and Ambrosia Beetles
The ambrosia beetles (such as Xyleborus) feed on fungal "gardens" cultivated on woody tissue within the tree. Ambrosia beetles carry the fungal spores in either their gut or special structures, called mycangia, and infect the trees as they attack them. Once a beetle chooses a tree, they release spores of this fungus along tunnels within the tree.
Among bark and ambrosia beetle pests that disperse various fungi, the degree to which the beetle and its symbiont are each responsible for causing host damage varies from system to system – for example, Harringtonia lauricola represents a true pathogen of Lauraceae vectored by Xyleborus glabratus, but others merely facilitate the mass ...
Euwallacea is a genus of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. [2] [3] [4] They are commonly known as Ambrosia beetles, as all species are symbiotic with Ambrosia fungi. Originally from Asia or Wallacea, they are now found worldwide. Many species are pests, causing damage to, or the death of, tree species valued for their fruit or ...
Cnestus mutilatus, commonly known as the camphor shot borer, [2] camphor shoot borer, or sweetgum ambrosia beetle, [3] is a species of ambrosia beetle in the subfamily Scolytinae of the weevil family Curculionidae. [3] It is native to Asia, but has been established as an invasive species in the United States since 1999. [4]
Xylosandrus crassiusculus, known generally as the Asian ambrosia beetle or granulate ambrosia beetle, is a species of tropical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae ...
Different from highly diverse types in bark and ambrosia beetles, woodwasps only have a pair of mycangia on the top of their ovipositor. Then when females deposit their eggs inside the host plant, they inject the symbiotic fungi from mycangia and phytotoxic mucus from another reservoir-like structure. [19]
Gnathotrichus materiarius, the American utilizable wood bark beetle, is an ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae. [2] [3] [4] It is native to North America, [2] but has been introduced to several European countries.