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Repositories of Symbiotic Fungus in the Ambrosia Beetle Platypus wilsoni Swaine (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. H. Farris  and
A. Funk
S. H. Farris
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Victoria, British Columbia
A. Funk
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Victoria, British Columbia
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Abstract

Stained sections of female adult Platypus wilsoni Swaine showed that the punctures concentrated on the caudal half of the pronotum are fungus pits or mycangia. A fungus resembling Tuberculariella sp. was cultured from this area. Mycangia were not found in male adults.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 5 , May 1965 , pp. 527 - 532
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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