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Special delivery: A hardwood‐killing bark beetle vectors its unusual symbiote among host trees

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract In mutualistic symbioses with fungi, herbivorous insects such as bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) gain access to resources that are unavailable in the absence of fungal mutualists, while fungi benefit from insect‐vectored dispersal. The most well‐studied mutualists of tree‐killing bark beetles in conifer systems are certain
Debra L. Wertman, Richard C. Hamelin, Allan L. Carroll   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

First record of Euwallacea fornicatus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Spain

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 146-150, April 2025.
Abstract The invasive polyphagous shot hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff, 1868) was recorded in a public garden in Granada province, Andalusia, Southern Spain in April, 2022. This is the first record of a self‐sustaining population of this pest in an outdoor environment in Europe.
A. Goldarazena, M. D. Alcazar‐Alba, J. Hulcr, A. J. Johnson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable isotopes of saproxylic beetles reveal low differences among trophic guilds and suggest a high dependence on fungi

Ecological Monographs, Volume 95, Issue 1, February 2025.
Abstract Deadwood stores about 8% of global carbon stock, and its decomposition is a key factor in forest ecosystems. Deadwood‐associated (saproxylic) organisms constitute a food web that sustains a substantial part of biodiversity globally. After fungi, saproxylic beetles are the most prominent agents of structural deadwood decomposition in forests ...
Petr Kozel, Benjamin Lejeune, Gilles Lepoint, Lukas Drag, Lukas Cizek, Pavel Sebek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oak Wilt Disease May Reduce the Initial Decay Rate of Dead Quercus serrata Stems by Altering Fungal Communities in the Wood

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2025.
To evaluate the effects of oak wilt on wood decomposition, the fungal community and wood decay were monitored for 1.5 years across three forests in Japan. Oak wilt significantly altered the fungal community in the wood and may negatively impact decomposition, particularly during the early stages.
Yu Fukasawa, Satsuki Kimura, Yuji Kominami, Masahiro Takagi, Kimiyo Matsukura, Kobayashi Makoto, Satoshi N. Suzuki, Shuhei Takemoto, Nobuaki Tanaka, Mayuko Jomura, Kohmei Kadowaki, Masayuki Ushio, Haruo Kinuura, Satoshi Yamashita   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ant's Nest as a microenvironment: Distinct Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of the red wood ants' (Formica polyctena) mounds

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.
Many social insect species build nests, which strongly differ from the surrounding environment and are often occupied by specific organismal communities. We compared the Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of red wood ant's (Formica polyctena) mounds with the community of the surrounding forest litter. We show that the fungal community of mounds is specific
Igor Siedlecki, Michał Kochanowski, Julia Pawłowska, Gabriela Reszotnik, Alicja Okrasińska, Marta Wrzosek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pest categorisation of non‐EU Scolytinae on non‐coniferous hosts

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation for the EU territory of non‐EU Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on non‐coniferous hosts, which total 6495 known species. Most species attack apparently healthy, weakened or dead trees, either feeding on the phloem (‘bark beetles’ subgroup) or on fungi inoculated into ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Andrea Battisti, Chris Malumphy, Massimo Faccoli, Virag Kertesz, Matteo Marchioro, Isabel Martinez, Giacomo Ortis, Davide Rassati, Enrico Ruzzier, Alan MacLeod   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invasion of an Afrotemperate forest complex by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 172, Issue 4, Page 354-369, April 2024.
Polyphagous shot hole borer, Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a serious invasive tree‐killing pest that has not been studied in natural forest systems. We determined the drivers of PSHB colonization in 1682 trees (68 species) in a native Afrotemperate forest.
G. Townsend, E. van Rooyen, M. Hill, W. De Beer, F. Roets   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olive Escudete (Dalmatian Disease) Caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea as a Result of Fly–Midge–Fungus Interaction

Horticulturae
Escudete, which is caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, is a disease that is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin, but is of little general importance.
Hani K. Aldebis, Antonio Santos-Rufo, Ibrahim Eldesouki-Arafat, Enrique Vargas-Osuna, Juan Moral, Antonio Trapero, Francisco Javier López-Escudero   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycangia Define the Diverse Ambrosia Beetle–Fungus Symbioses

, 2022
Mayers, Chase G., Harrington, Thomas C., Biedermann, Peter   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Symbiotic Organ of Xyleborus Ambrosia Beetles: Cell Structure of the Preoral Mycangia Housing Partner Symbiotic Microbes

Ambrosia beetles have evolved specialized structures termed “mycangia”, which are used to house and transport partner symbiotic microbes. Microbial partners include at least one obligate mutualistic filamentous fungus used as food for larvae and adults and potentially secondary filamentous fungi, yeasts, and bacteria, although the roles of ...
Ross A. Joseph, Esther Tirmizi, Abolfazl Masoudi, Nemat O. Keyhani   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources