Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, including 11 new species from China.

ABSTRACT: Ips typographus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) is a spruce-infesting bark beetle that occurs throughout Europe and Asia. The beetle can cause considerable damage, especially when colonized trees are stressed and beetle populations increase. Although some studies have shown that populations of I. typographus in Europe, China and Japan are genetically distinct, these populations are biologically similar, including a strong association with ophiostomatoid fungi. To date, only two Leptographium spp. have been reported from the beetle in China, while 40 species have been reported from Europe and 13 from Japan. The aims of this study were to identify the ophiostomatoid fungal associates of I. typographus in north-eastern China, and to determine whether the fungal assemblages reflect the different geog

SUBMITTER: Chang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712535 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature