Euplatypus compositus

Euplatypus compositus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Euplatypus
Species:	E. compositus
Binomial name
Euplatypus compositus (Say 1824)

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.

External links

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