First instar larva of Atractocerus brasiliensis (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825) (Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae)

Abstract

The first instar larva of Atractocerus brasiliensis (Lepetelier & Audinet-Serville, 1825)

First fossil species of ship-timber beetles (Coleoptera, Lymexylidae) from Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine)

“…Bouchard et al 2010;Zhang et al 2018). All known members of the family develop in wood as larvae and mutualism with fungi has been reported for a few species (Batra and Francke-Grosmann 1961;Wheeler 1986;Young 2002;Lawrence 2010;Casari and Albertoni 2013;Toki 2021), although more rigorous study and evidence are needed if the other unstudied lymexylid beetles are strongly connected with fungi (Lawrence 2010). Recently, Peris et al (2021) discussed a potentially crucial role of the lymexylids as wood-boring insects, with a special emphasis on the insect-fungus mutualism, more specifically the cultivate ambrosia fungi and their associations.…”

Description of a new species of <i>Melittomma</i> (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae) from Honduras

“…Atractocerus brasiliensis (Lepeletier & AudinetServille), for example, a species recorded in mango and other trees, was recently found in the pine Pinus oocarpa Schiede (Casari and Teixeira, 2011) in Brazil. Female lymexylids lay their eggs on wood where the larvae develops and pupation takes place.…”

“…Thirteen species included in four genera (Atractocerus, Fusicornis, Melittomma and Melittommopsis) are recorded from the Neotropical region (Casari & Teixeira 2011). In Honduras two species are known: Atractocerus brasiliensis and Melittomma brasiliense (Laporte).…”