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Lymexylidae
The Lymexylidae (historically often spelled Lymexylonidae), also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles. Lymexylidae belong to the suborder Polyphaga and are the sole member of the superfamily Lymexyloidea. Habitat and behavior ''Lymexylon'', ''Elateroides'', and ''Melittomma'' are pests to forest trees such as chestnut, poplar, and oak, and can be found worldwide. Some species are parasitic, causing decay in living trees and damaging timber structures such as houses and ships. Wood boring activities occur primarily in the larva stage, with the larvae damaging both sapwood and heartwood. Lymexylidae larvae bore into living and decaying wood where they consume the fungus '' Alloascoidea hylecoeti''. Symbiotic relationship with fungi Lymexylidae larvae have a symbiotic association with certain types of fungi. The fungi grow in sheltered environments where they are tended by the larvae, such as the holes burrowed into the wood and, in return, the lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hylecoetus Dermestoides - Oviposition - 2014-04-20
''Elateroides'' is a genus of rarely found beetles in the family Lymexylidae, containing the following species: at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012. Species * ''Elateroides dermestoides'' (Linnaeus, 1761) * ''Elateroides flabellicornis'' (Schneider, 1791) * ''Elateroides lugubris'' (Say, 1835)Taxonomy Nardi 2019 writes (p. 597) "Bollow (1940: 867) described ''Hylecoetus dermestoides L. ab. nigrocephalus, H. dermestoides L. ab. Reitteri and H. dermestoides L. ab. Stoeckleini'' from Germany, but they are unavailable infrasubspecific names."References *Nardi, G. 2019. Synonymic notes on European Lymex ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |