Trypodendron betulae

Trypodendron betulae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Trypodendron
Species:
T. betulae
Binomial name
Trypodendron betulae
Swaine, 1911

Trypodendron betulae, the birch ambrosia beetle, is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It has a symbiotic relationship with Ambrosiella fungi.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Trypodendron betulae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Trypodendron betulae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Mayers, Chase G.; McNew, Douglas L.; Harrington, Thomas C.; Roeper, Richard A.; Fraedrich, Stephen W.; Biedermann, Peter H.W.; Castrillo, Louela A.; Reed, Sharon E. (November 2015). "Three genera in the Ceratocystidaceae are the respective symbionts of three independent lineages of ambrosia beetles with large, complex mycangia". Fungal Biology. 119 (11): 1075–1092. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.002.

Further reading

  • 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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