Developmental biology of Xyleborus bispinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) reared on an artificial medium and fungal cultivation of symbiotic fungi in the beetle's galleries

Survival of ambrosia beetles relies on obligate nutritional relationships with fungal symbionts that are cultivated in tunnels excavated in the sapwood of their host trees. The dynamics of fungal associates, along with the developmental biology, and gallery construction of the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus bispinatus were elaborated. One generation of this ambrosia beetle was reared in an artificial medium containing avocado sawdust. The...