Trypodendron betulae

Trypodendron betulae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Trypodendron
Species:	T. betulae
Binomial name
Trypodendron betulae Swaine, 1911

Trypodendron betulae, the birch ambrosia beetle, is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It has a symbiotic relationship with Ambrosiella fungi.[4]

References

1. "Trypodendron betulae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Trypodendron betulae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Trypodendron betulae species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Mayers, Chase G.; McNew, Douglas L.; Harrington, Thomas C.; Roeper, Richard A.; Fraedrich, Stephen W.; Biedermann, Peter H.W.; Castrillo, Louela A.; Reed, Sharon E. (November 2015). "Three genera in the Ceratocystidaceae are the respective symbionts of three independent lineages of ambrosia beetles with large, complex mycangia". Fungal Biology. 119 (11): 1075–1092. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.002.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.