A selective fungal transport organ (mycangium) maintains coarse phylogenetic congruence between fungus-farming ambrosia beetles and their symbionts

Using niche breadth theory to explain generalization in mutualisms

(2018) Rebecca T. Batstone et al.   ECOLOGY

Low intraspecific genetic diversity indicates asexuality and vertical transmission in the fungal cultivars of ambrosia beetles

(2018) L.J.J. van de Peppel et al.   Fungal Ecology

Plasticity of mycangia in Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles

(2018) You Li et al.   Insect Science

Detecting Symbioses in Complex Communities: the Fungal Symbionts of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Within Asian Pines

(2018) James Skelton et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Symbiont selection via alcohol benefits fungus farming by ambrosia beetles

(2018) Christopher M. Ranger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological factors contributing to bark and ambrosia beetle species diversification

(2017) Jostein Gohli et al.   EVOLUTION

Wood decay fungus Flavodon ambrosius (Basidiomycota: Polyporales) is widely farmed by two genera of ambrosia beetles

(2017) You Li et al.   Fungal Biology

Genetic and genomic evidence of niche partitioning and adaptive radiation in mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts

(2017) Dario I. Ojeda Alayon et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ambrosiella in Taiwan including one new species

(2017) Yu-Ting Lin et al.   MYCOSCIENCE

Fungal Associates of theXylosandrus compactus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Are Spatially Segregated on the Insect Body

(2016) Craig Bateman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Geographic variation in mycangial communities of Xyleborus glabratus

(2016) Alina S. Campbell et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Three genera in the Ceratocystidaceae are the respective symbionts of three independent lineages of ambrosia beetles with large, complex mycangia

(2015) Chase G. Mayers et al.   Fungal Biology

Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium – Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism

(2015) Kerry O’Donnell et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Simple and Efficient Trap for Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Facilitate Invasive Species Monitoring and Citizen Involvement

(2015) M. S. Steininger et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Species or Genotypes? Reassessment of Four Recently Described Species of the Ceratocystis Wilt Pathogen, Ceratocystis fimbriata, on Mangifera indica

(2015) Leonardo S. S. Oliveira et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Fungal symbionts in three exotic ambrosia beetles, Xylosandrus amputatus, Xyleborinus andrewesi, and Dryoxylon onoharaense (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in Florida

(2015) Craig Bateman et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Molecular species delimitation of a symbiotic fig-pollinating wasp species complex reveals extreme deviation from reciprocal partner specificity

(2014) Clive T Darwell et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The ambrosia symbiosis is specific in some species and promiscuous in others: evidence from community pyrosequencing

(2014) Martin Kostovcik et al.   ISME Journal

Ambrosiella roeperi sp. nov. is the mycangial symbiont of the granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus

(2014) Thomas C. Harrington et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Partner choice and fidelity stabilize coevolution in a Cretaceous-age defensive symbiosis

(2014) M. Kaltenpoth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lack of fidelity revealed in an insect-fungal mutualism after invasion

(2013) A. L. Wooding et al.   Biology Letters

Nitrate competition in a coral symbiosis varies with temperature among Symbiodinium clades

(2013) David M Baker et al.   ISME Journal

Fidelity Among Sirex Woodwasps and Their Fungal Symbionts

(2013) Ann E. Hajek et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Destructive Tree Diseases Associated with Ambrosia and Bark Beetles: Black Swan Events in Tree Pathology?

(2013) Randy C. Ploetz et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Lateral transfer of a phytopathogenic symbiont among native and exotic ambrosia beetles

(2013) D. Carrillo et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

PACo: A Novel Procrustes Application to Cophylogenetic Analysis

(2013) Juan Antonio Balbuena et al.   PLoS One

Symbiont fidelity and the origin of species in fungus-growing ants

(2012) Natasha J. Mehdiabadi et al.   Nature Communications

Ecological and Evolutionary Determinants of Bark Beetle —Fungus Symbioses

(2012) Diana L. Six   Insects

The sudden emergence of pathogenicity in insect-fungus symbioses threatens naive forest ecosystems

(2011) J. Hulcr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space

(2011) Robert Poulin et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

REPEATED EVOLUTION OF CROP THEFT IN FUNGUS-FARMING AMBROSIA BEETLES

(2010) Jiri Hulcr et al.   EVOLUTION

Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

(2010) T. M. Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polyphyly of Xylosandrus Reitter inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

(2009) Stephanie A. Dole et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The sixth mass coextinction: are most endangered species parasites and mutualists?

(2009) R. R. Dunn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES