Xyleborus Dispar Research Articles

In Vitro Culture of the Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus dispar (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) with its Symbiotic Fungus, Ambrosiella hartigii1,2

Postdiapause adults of the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus dispar (F.) collected in March through June with rotary nets, and excised from overwintered and newly attacked host material, produced a single generation when the beetle was reared in vitro with its symbiotic fungus, Ambrosiella hartigii Batra. Prediapause beetles excised from host material in September failed to oviposit. This report is the 1st record of rearing a temperate zone scolytid on a fungus in the genus Ambrosiella.