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Ambrosia Fungus Storage in Two Species of Gnathotrichus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. H. Farris
S. H. Farris
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Victoria, B.C.
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Abstract

Stained serial sections of Gnathotrichus retusus (Lec.) and Gnathotrichus sulcatus (Lec.) males showed an enlargement of the forecoxal cavities to contain fungus cells. No similar enlargement or fungus material was found in these cavities of the females.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , March 1963 , pp. 257 - 259
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1963

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