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FUNGUS TRANSPORT STRUCTURES IN THE FIR ENGRAVER, SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Ladd Livingston  and
Alan A. Berryman
R. Ladd Livingston
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
Alan A. Berryman
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
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Abstract

Adult fir engraver beetles were examined by serial paraffin sections and scanning electron microscopy. In both male and female beetles small cup-shaped pits covering the top and portions of the side of the head were consistently found to carry fungal spores. These pits usually contained a waxy looking material in which the spores were imbedded. The pits provide a mechanism for fungal transport and storage.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 11 , November 1972 , pp. 1793 - 1800
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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