Euplatypus compositus explained

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. ^[1]

Further reading

• Book: 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. 84-605-9994-9.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• 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.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

Notes and References

1. Li . You . Huang . Yin-Tse . Kasson . Matthew T. . Macias . Angie M. . Skelton . James . Carlson . Paige S. . Yin . Mingliang . Hulcr . Jiri . Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States . Fungal Ecology . October 2018 . 35 . 42–50 . 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.006.