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Biology of Platydema nigroaeneum Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Korea: Life History and Fungal Hosts

  • Jung, Boo-Hee (Laboratory of Behavior & Ecology, Division of Ecoscience, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Ill (Department of Biology, Sungshin Women's University)
  • Published : 2008.08.31
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Abstract

We conducted field and laboratory observations of the life histories and fungal hosts of the darkling beetle, Platydema nigroaeneum Motschulsky. P. nigroaeneum, a fungivorous tenebrionid beetle, was a widespread inhabitant of fungi on deciduous trees (Quercus, Salix, Alnus and Carpinus etc.) in Korea. Development from egg to adulthood took $4\sim11$ months in nature and about 66 days in the laboratory at $25.5{\sim}26.1^{\circ}C$ and $63.5\sim64.5%$ relative humidity. Both larvae and adults overwintered in their host fungi or beneath the bark of the host tree near the host fungi. Sporophores of Coriolus $Qu{\acute{e}}let$, Bjerkandera Karst., Daedaleopsis Schroet. and Merulius were common feeding and breeding sites in Korea.

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