Symbiotic yeasts from the mycangium, larval gut and woody substrate of an African stag beetle Xiphodontus antilope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10482-020-01418-1
Abstract: Female stag beetles (Lucanidae) possess internal mycangia to maintain microbial cultures. Yeasts from these mycangia may help with larval nutrition in nutrient poor woody substrates, but only a few Lucanidae taxa have been studied and… read more here.
Keywords: larval gut; woody; beetle xiphodontus; xiphodontus antilope ... See more keywords