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Platypodinae
Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers. Genera Tribus: Mecopelmini * '' Mecopelmus'' Tribus: Platypodini * ''Austroplatypus – Baiocis – Carchesiopygus – Costaroplatus – Crossotarsus – Cylindropalpus – Dendroplatypus – Dinoplatypus – Doliopygus – Epiplatypus – Euplatypus – Megaplatypus – Mesoplatypus – Myoplatypus – Neotrachyostus – Oxoplatypus – Pereioplatypus – Peroplatypus – Platyphysus – Platypus – Teloplatypus – Trachyostus – Treptoplatypus – Triozastus'' Tribus: Schedlariini * '' Schedlarius'' Tribus: Tesserocerini * '' Diapodina'' - '' Tesserocerina''WikiSpecies See also * Ambrosia beetle Ambrosia beetles are beetles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosia Beetle
Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae ( Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead, stressed, and healthy trees in which they cultivate fungal gardens, their sole source of nutrition. After landing on a suitable tree, an ambrosia beetle excavates a tunnel in which it releases spores of its fungal symbiont. The fungus penetrates the plant's xylem tissue, extracts nutrients from it, and concentrates the nutrients on and near the surface of the beetle gallery. Ambrosia fungi are typically poor wood degraders, and instead utilize less demanding nutrients. The majority of ambrosia beetles colonize xylem (sapwood and/or heartwood) of recently dead trees, but some attack stressed trees that are still alive, and a few species attack healthy trees.Hulcr, J. and Stelinski, L.L., 2017. The ambrosia symbiosis: From evolutionary ecology to practical management. Annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. They include the bark beetles as the subfamily Scolytinae, which are modified in shape in accordance with their wood-boring lifestyle. They do not much resemble other weevils, so they were traditionally considered a distinct family, Scolytidae. The family also includes the ambrosia beetles, of which the present-day subfamily Platypodinae was formerly considered the distinct family Platypodidae. Description Adult Curculionidae can be recognised by the well-developed, downwards-curved snout (rostrum) possessed by many species, though the rostrum is sometimes short (e.g. Entiminae). They have elbowed antennae that end in clubs, and the first antennal segment often fits into a groove in the side of the rostrum. The body tends to be robus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euplatypus
''Euplatypus'' is a genus of pinhole borers in the subfamily Platypodinae of weevils Curculionidae. There are at least 50 described species in ''Euplatypus''. Species These 55 species belong to the genus ''Euplatypus'': * '' Euplatypus aequalicinctus'' (Schedl, 1948) * '' Euplatypus alienus'' (Schedl, 1963) * '' Euplatypus alternans'' (Chapuis, 1865) * '' Euplatypus angustatulus'' (Wood, 1966) * '' Euplatypus angustatus'' (Chapuis, 1865) * '' Euplatypus angustioris'' (Schedl, 1948) * '' Euplatypus araucariae'' (Schedl, 1966) * '' Euplatypus areolatus'' (Chapuis, 1865) * '' Euplatypus bellus'' (Schedl, 1933) * '' Euplatypus bilobatus'' (Strohmeyer, 1911) * '' Euplatypus compositus'' (Say, 1824) * '' Euplatypus contextus'' (Schedl, 1963) * '' Euplatypus coronatus'' (Schedl, 1933) * '' Euplatypus costaricensis'' (Schedl, 1936) * '' Euplatypus cribricollis'' (Brandford, 1896) * '' Euplatypus cuspidatus'' ((Schedl, 1963) * '' Euplatypus decorus'' (Schedl, 1936) * '' Euplatypus dignat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platypus (beetle)
''Platypus'' is a weevil genus in the subfamily Platypodinae. Species * '' Platypus apicalis'' White, 1846 * '' Platypus australis'' Chapuis, 1865 * '' Platypus calamus'' * ''Platypus cylindrus ''Platypus cylindrus'', commonly known as the oak pinhole borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the weevil family Scolytinae. The adults and larvae burrow under the bark of mature oak trees. It is native to Europe. Description The adult oak ...'' ( Fabricius, 1792) * '' Platypus contaminatus'' * '' Platypus gracilis'' * '' Platypus hamatus'' * '' Platypus kiushuensis'' * '' Platypus lewisi'' * '' Platypus modestus'' * '' Platypus parallelus'' (Fabricius, 1801) * '' Platypus quercivorus'' Murayama, 1925Sone, K., Mori, T., Ide, M. (1998). Life history of the oak borer, ''Platypus quercivorus'' (Murayama) (Coleoptera : Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 33: 67-75. * '' Platypus severini'' * '' Platypus solidus'' * '' Platypus taiwansis'' References Platypodina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austroplatypus
''Austroplatypus'' is a genus of weevils native to Australia that includes ''Austroplatypus incompertus'', the first beetle to be recognized as a eusocial Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generat ... insect. Members of the genus live in eucalypt trees and their fungal galleries can persist for decades because the host tree is not being killed. References Platypodinae {{Curculionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platypus Cylindrus
''Platypus cylindrus'', commonly known as the oak pinhole borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the weevil family Scolytinae. The adults and larvae burrow under the bark of mature oak trees. It is native to Europe. Description The adult oak pinhole borer is between long, being cylindrical In cross section (hence ''cylindrus'') and, seen from above, shaped like a long, narrow rectangle. Its colour is very deep brown to black. The larvae are yellowish-white, legless grubs. Distribution The oak pinhole beetle is native to Europe. It used to be considered rare in Britain, but after the Great Storm of 1987, when many trees were blown down in southern England, it took advantage of the abundant supply of timber and became much more common. Ecology The oak pinhole borer infests mature trees, favouring stressed, dying or dead standing trees, fallen trees and logs; the insects choose a sick or moribund tree, but their activities do not kill trees. Besides oak trees, they can infest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
