Bolitotherus cornutus is a North American species of darkling beetle known as the horned fungus beetle[1] or forked fungus beetle.[2] All of its life stages are associated with the fruiting bodies of a wood-decaying shelf fungus, commonly Ganoderma applanatum,[2]Ganoderma tsugae,[2] and Ganoderma lucidum.[3]
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Bolitotherus cornutus is a North American species of darkling beetle known as the horned fungus beetle or forked fungus beetle. All of its life stages...
dead insects, and fungi as larvae and adults. Several genera, including Bolitotherus, are specialized fungivores which feed on polypores. Many of the larger...
dormancy. Many insects, such as the wasp Polistes exclamans and the beetle Bolitotherus, exhibit periods of dormancy which have often been referred to as hibernation...
artificially inclining the plant. Grip strength measurement in the beetle Bolitotherus cornutus. Observing an archerfish shooting at prey. Measuring seed dispersal...
fruiting body of the fungus, forming galls. Female forked fungus beetles, Bolitotherus cornutus lay their eggs on the surface of the fruiting bodies and the...
Palearctic) Bolitophagus Illiger, 1798 (North America and the Palearctic) Bolitotherus Candèze, 1861 (North America) Bolitotrogus Miyatake, 1964 (the Palearctic...
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