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Species of beetle
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.
[5]
[6] 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.
[7]
^ Fiala, Tomáš; Holuša, Jaroslav; Resnerová, Karolina; Foit, Jiří; Lakatos, Ferenc; Mazur, Andrzej; Procházka, Jiří; Witkowski, Radoslaw; Pyszko, Petr; Holzschuh, Carolus (2024-01-01).
"The invasive ambrosia beetle, Gnathotrichus materiarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Central Europe" . Journal of Integrated Pest Management . 15 (1).
doi :
10.1093/jipm/pmae006 .
ISSN
2155-7470 .
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a
b
"Gnathotrichus materiarius Report" . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-05-04 .
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"Gnathotrichus materiarius species details" . Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2018-05-04 .
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"Gnathotrichus materiarius Species Information" . BugGuide.net . Retrieved 2018-05-04 .
^ 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 . Retrieved 21 June 2018 .
^ 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" . Forests . 13 (7): 1097.
doi :
10.3390/f13071097 .
^ 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 .
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I . Apollo Books.
ISBN
978-90-04-26093-1 .
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II . Apollo Books.
ISBN
978-90-04-25916-4 .
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