| Euplatypus compositus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Euplatypus |
| Species: | E. compositus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euplatypus compositus (Say 1824) | |
Euplatypus compositus is a species of pinhole borer in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. It is found in the southeastern United States. The beetle is associated with at least four species of Raffaelea fungi.
References
- "Euplatypus compositus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- "Euplatypus compositus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- "Euplatypus compositus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- Li, You; Huang, Yin-Tse; Kasson, Matthew T.; Macias, Angie M.; Skelton, James; Carlson, Paige S.; Yin, Mingliang; Hulcr, Jiri (October 2018). "Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States". Fungal Ecology. 35: 42–50. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.006.
Further reading
- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
- White, Richard E. (1998) . A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
- [REDACTED] Media related to Euplatypus compositus at Wikimedia Commons
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