{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"submitter":["Tanahashi M"],"pubmed_abstract":["Part of the exoskeleton of some wood-inhabiting insects is modified to form a mycangium, which is a specialized organ used to convey fungal spores or yeasts to their offspring. Although most stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) are known to have female-specific mycangia and associated yeast symbionts, the evolutionary origin of the mycangium in this group remains unresolved. Here, we report the presence of a mycangium and associated yeast symbionts in the European horned stag beetle Sinodendron cylindricum (L.), which belongs to an ancestral clade of the Lucanidae. The mycangium of S. cylindricum is shown to be female-specific and have the same developmental origin as that of other stag beetles. A total of five yeast strains were isolated from adult mycangia and larval gut of S. cylindricu"],"journal":["Journal of insect science (Online)"],"pagination":["76"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4948600"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The presence of a mycangium in European Sinodendron cylindricum (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and the associated yeast symbionts."],"pmcid":["PMC4948600"],"pubmed_authors":["Tanahashi M","Hawes CJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The presence of a mycangium in European Sinodendron cylindricum (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and the associated yeast symbionts.","description":"Part of the exoskeleton of some wood-inhabiting insects is modified to form a mycangium, which is a specialized organ used to convey fungal spores or yeasts to their offspring. Although most stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) are known to have female-specific mycangia and associated yeast symbionts, the evolutionary origin of the mycangium in this group remains unresolved. Here, we report the presence of a mycangium and associated yeast symbionts in the European horned stag beetle Sinodendron cylindricum (L.), which belongs to an ancestral clade of the Lucanidae. The mycangium of S. cylindricum is shown to be female-specific and have the same developmental origin as that of other stag beetles. A total of five yeast strains were isolated from adult mycangia and larval gut of S. cylindricu","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016","modification":"2025-04-25T19:26:21.969Z","creation":"2019-06-06T16:05:28Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4948600","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27432353"],"doi":["10.1093/jisesa/iew054"]}}