Mycobiota associated with the ambrosia beetle Scolytodes unipunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae).
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.
Kolarík
Miroslav
M
Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic. mkolarik@biomed.cas.cz
Hulcr
Jiri
J
D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D035702:Cecropia Plant / Q000469:parasitology*; D003364:Costa Rica; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D055155:Ophiostomatales / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D048889:Weevils / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology*
D004271:DNA, Fungal