Morphology and development rates of males and females of Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabr.) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) during metamorphosis

Kingsolver, Joel G.; Norris, Dale M.

doi:10.1016/0020-7322(77)90028-9

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“…The extensive tree-like branching patterns we documented for the galleries of X. glabratus are not unlike those reported for other Xyleborus; however, there are species-specific differences as to the location of the brood galleries (Kajimura & Hiji 1994;Kingsolver & Norris 1977a). Gallery size has been shown to be an important factor in determining fitness of ambrosia beetles.…”

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confidence: 47%

Life Cycle, Development, and Culture ofXyleborus glabratus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

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Capinera

Kendra³

et al. 2013

Florida Entomologist

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confidence: 47%

Life Cycle, Development, and Culture ofXyleborus glabratus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

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Kendra³

et al. 2013

Florida Entomologist

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“…Advanced levels of sociality are expected to exist in Xyleborina as this groups exhibits high relatedness within groups, because of haplodiploidy and obligatory inbreeding, increasing the potential for indirect Þtness beneÞts from cooperative brood care and fungiculture (Peer and Taborsky 2007). The developmental periods we measured for the different life stages at 25ЊC (larval stage Ϸ8 d, pupation Ϸ5 d) were exactly the same as those found in X. ferrugineus at 28ЊC (Kingsolver and Norris 1977a). We detected three solely male broods in X. saxesenii (brood size 14, 16, and 51 males), indicating that their foundresses were probably not fertilized in their natal galleries.…”

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Fungus Cultivation by Ambrosia Beetles: Behavior and Laboratory Breeding Success in Three Xyleborine Species

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Fungus cultivation by ambrosia beetles is one of the four independently evolved cases of agriculture known in animals. Such cultivation is most advanced in the highly social subtribe Xyleborina (Scolytinae), which is characterized by haplodiploidy and extreme levels of inbreeding. Despite their ubiquity in forests worldwide, the behavior of these beetles remains poorly understood. This may be in part because of their cryptic life habits within the wood of trees. Here we present data obtained by varying a laboratory breeding technique based on artificial medium inside glass tubes, which enables behavioral observations. We studied species of the three most widespread genera of Xyleborina in the temperate zone: Xyleborus, Xyleborinus, and Xylosandrus. We raised several generations of each species with good breeding success in two types of media. The proportion of females of Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg producing offspring within 40 d depended significantly on founder female origin, which shows a transgenerational effect. Labor-intensive microbial sterilization techniques did not increase females' breeding success relative to a group of females shortly treated with ethanol. Gallery productivity measured as the mean number of mature offspring produced after 40 d varied between species and was weakly affected by the type of medium used and foundress origin (field or laboratory) in X. saxesenii, whereas different preparation and sterilization techniques of the beetles had no effect. Behavioral observations showed the time course of different reproductive stages and enabled to obtain detailed behavioral information in all species studied. We propose that the laboratory techniques we describe here are suited for extensive studies of sociality and modes of agriculture in the xyleborine ambrosia beetles, which may yield important insights into the evolution of fungal agriculture and advanced social organization.

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“…Given this mode of dispersal, the galleries are composed of highly related individuals and the social system is determined by their mating system (Atkinson & Equihua-Martínez 1986;Jordal et al 2000). Due to these reproductive patterns and genetic differences derived from sex determination system, sexual differentiation in size and morphology has been described during development in Xyleborus species (Kingsolver & Norris 1977a). However, there is still little information about their sexual differentiation process and expression of dimorphism (Biedermann et al 2009).…”

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Evaluating Sexual Dimorphism in the Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Using Geometric Morphometrics

Ospina‐Garcés¹,

Ibarra-Juárez²,

Escobar³

et al. 2021

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Morphology and development rates of males and females of Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabr.) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) during metamorphosis

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Life Cycle, Development, and Culture ofXyleborus glabratus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Life Cycle, Development, and Culture ofXyleborus glabratus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Fungus Cultivation by Ambrosia Beetles: Behavior and Laboratory Breeding Success in Three Xyleborine Species

Evaluating Sexual Dimorphism in the Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Using Geometric Morphometrics

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