Repositories of Symbiotic Fungus in the Ambrosia Beetle <i>Platypus wilsoni</i> Swaine (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

Abstract

Abstract Stained sections of female adult Platypus wilsoni Swaine showed that the punctures concentrated on the caudal half of the pronotum are fungus pits or mycangia. A fungus resembling Tuberculariella sp. was cultured from this area. Mycangia were not found in male adults.