The ambrosial mycobiota of <i>Treptoplatypus oxyurus</i> (<i>Coleoptera</i>, <i>Platypodidae</i>): a unique island of fungal diversity revealing <i>Wilhelmdebeerea oxyuri</i> gen. et sp. nov. (<i>Ophiostomatales</i>), and two new yeast species <i>Blastobotrys sasensis</i> sp. nov., and <i>Sugiyamaella casensis</i> sp. nov. (<i>Dipodascales</i>)
Ambrosia beetles (<i>Coleoptera</i>, <i>Curculionidae</i>) form obligate nutritional symbioses with ambrosia fungi cultivated within their galleries. Among them, the pinhole borers (<i>Platypodinae</i>) are predominantly tropical, with only two representatives native to Europe. One of them, the …
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