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Mycobiota associated with the ambrosia beetle Scolytodes unipunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) |
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| Authors: | Miroslav Kola?í k,Jiri Hulcr |
| Affiliation: | a Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic b Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benatska 2, 128 01, Praha 2, Czech Republic c Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
| Abstract: | Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) are associated with strictly entomochoric and mutualistic fungi. We studied the mycobiota associated with Scolytodes unipunctatus, ambrosia beetles that infest Cecropia trees in Central America. Isolates were characterized using morphology and rDNA sequences (ITS region, LSU, and SSU rDNA). Four species are described here: Raffaelea scolytodis sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales), Gondwanamyces scolytodis sp. nov., Custingophora cecropiae sp. nov., and Graphium sp. (Microascales). The genus Custingophora is emended to include Knoxdaviesia anamorphs of Gondwanamyces based on uniformity of DNA sequences and phenotype. |
| Keywords: | Ambrosia fungi Custingophora Custingophora cecropiae Gondwanamyces scolytodis Graphium sp. Knoxdaviesia Ophiostomatoid fungi Raffaelea scolytodis |
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