The ambrosia beetle–fungus farming symbiosis is more heterogeneous than previously
thought. There is not one but many ambrosia symbioses. Beetle-fungus specificity is clade …

We provide an overview of both traditional and innovative control tools for management of
three Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), invasive …

Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

Abstract The Southeast Asian xyleborine ambrosia beetle fauna is reviewed for the first time.
Thirty-four genera and 315 species are reviewed, illustrated, and keyed to genera and …

Exotic ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the tribe Xyleborini include
destructive pests of trees growing in horticultural cropping systems. Three species are …

Xyleborini is the largest tribe of Scolytinae accounting for about 1300 species worldwide; all
species are primarily xylomycetophagous, developing on symbiotic fungi farmed in plant …

The black timber bark beetle Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) is an invasive ambrosia
beetle that originates from Southeast Asia and has become successfully established within …

Ethanol emitted by stressed trees is an olfactory cue used by ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera;
Curculionidae; Scolytinae) to locate susceptible hosts to colonize. In addition, ethanol …

In summer 2016 a severe infestation of the alien ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus
was recorded from the Mediterranean maquis in the Circeo National Park in Central Italy …

Many wood-boring insects use aggregation pheromones during mass colonization of host
trees. Bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are a model system, but much less is known …