Nutrition ofXyleborus ferrugineus. II. A Holidic Diet for the Aposymbiotic Insect

15 July 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Vol. 63 (4) , 1142-1145
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/63.4.1142

Abstract

Aposymbiotic Xyleborus ferrugineus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) was reared through 3 consecutive generations on a holidic diet under aseptic conditions in test tubes. Reproduction is arrhenotokous, and fertilized females yield progeny with a spanandrous sex ratio. Mating behavior leads to continued inbreeding.

Keywords

LIFE HISTORY
NUTRITION
BEHAVIOUR