Gnathotrichus materiarius

Gnathotrichus materiarius, the American utilizable wood bark beetle, is an ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is native to North America,[1] but has been introduced to several European countries.[4] It lives in symbiosis with the fungus Endomycopsis fasciculata, which adult beetles inoculate into the wood of host trees - the fungus then acts as the primary food source of the larvae and adults.[5]

Gnathotrichus materiarius
An adult Gnathotrichus materiarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Gnathotrichus
Species:
G. materiarius
Binomial name
Gnathotrichus materiarius
(Fitch, 1858)

References
  1. "Gnathotrichus materiarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Gnathotrichus materiarius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Gnathotrichus materiarius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. Valkama, H; Martikainen, P; Räty, M (1997). "First record of North American ambrosia beetle Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch)(Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Finland - a new potential forest pest?". Entomologica Fennica. 8: 193–195. doi:10.33338/ef.83943. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. Bantra, LR (1963). "Contributions to Our Knowledge of Ambrosia Fungi. II. Endomycopsis fasciculata Nom. Nov. (Ascomycetes)". American Journal of Botany. 50: 481–487. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1963.tb07218.x.

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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