Ecology and evolution of mycophagous bark beetles and their fungal partners.

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Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola (2012, background): “glabratus attacked healthy trees, even though ambrosia beetles typically infest dead or stressed trees (Harrington, 2005).”
Ergosterol Content of Fungi Associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae and Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) (2006, background): “Sac mycangia are relatively rare in bark beetles, and those that do possess them are also mycophagous, suggesting that mycangia evolved to maintain tight associations with speciÞc fungi that provide sources of nutrition for the beetle host (Harrington 2005).”
Diversity of fungi associated with the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae and infested lodgepole pines in British Columbia (2006, background): “It appears that the mountain pine beetle and its fungal associates have a mutually beneficial relationship (Whitney, 1982; Paine et al., 1997; Six, 2003a; Harrington, 2005 ).”
Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus‐growing ants (2010, background): “…that all fungus-farming insects have adaptations for proper habitat selection during colony founding, but that the fungus-growing ants and termites can also be expected to have adaptations for optimal forage acquisition and substrate processing that fungus-growing beetles lack (Harrington, 2005).”