English Dictionary

ambrosia beetle

名詞

Any of those species of true weevils (family Curculionidae) that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi, including almost all of the species of the subfamily Platypodinae and some of the species of bark beetles in Scolytinae.

日本語の意味

アンブロジア菌と栄養共生関係にあるコガネムシ科の種の総称。具体的には、Platypodinae亜科に属するほぼ全ての種と、Scolytinae亜科に属する一部の樹皮虫種を指す。

An ambrosia beetle tunnels into a weakened tree, inoculates the wood with symbiotic fungi, and cultivates a fungal garden to nourish its larvae.

アンブロシア菌と栄養共生するゾウムシは衰弱した樹木に穿入し、共生する菌を木材に注入して菌庭を栽培し、幼虫に栄養を与える。

意味（1）

Any of those species of true weevils (family Curculionidae) that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi, including almost all of the species of the subfamily Platypodinae and some of the species of bark beetles in Scolytinae.

1897, Henry Guernsey Hubbard, The ambrosia beetles of the United States:

ambrosia beetles （ plural ）