Euplatypus compositus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Euplatypus
Species:
E. compositus
Binomial name
Euplatypus compositus
(Say)

Euplatypus compositus is a species of pinhole borer in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the southeastern United States. The beetle is associated with at least four species of Raffaelea fungi. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Euplatypus compositus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Euplatypus compositus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Euplatypus compositus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ↑ Li, You; Huang, Yin-Tse; Kasson, Matthew T.; Macias, Angie M.; Skelton, James; Carlson, Paige S.; Yin, Mingliang; Hulcr, Jiri (October 2018). "Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States". Fungal Ecology. 35: 42–50. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.006.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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