Table 1 Worldwide summary of Euwallacea fornicatus species complex–Fusarium sp. symbiosis in relation to tree damage.

From: Fusarium kuroshium is the primary fungal symbiont of an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, and can kill mango tree in Japan

Beetle species

Fungal species

Host trees

Country (region)

References

Euwallacea perbrevis (Schedl)

 = Tea shot hole borer (TSHBa)

Fusarium rekanum Lynn et Marinc

Acacia crassicarpa A. Cunn. ex Benth.

Indonesia (Riau)

53

Euwallacea fornicatior (Eggers)

 = Tea shot hole borer (TSHBb)

Fusarium ambrosium Gadd et Loos

Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis L.); Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

India, Sri Lanka, USA (Florida, California), Israel

7,8,18,19

Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff)

 = Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB)

Fusarium euwallaceae Freeman et al.

Numerous woody hosts

Israel, USA (California, Los Angeles), South Africa

15,21,35,54

E. fornicatus (Eichhoff)

 = Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB)

Fusarium kuroshium Na et al.

Mango (Mangifera indica L.)

Japan (Okinawa)

This study

Euwallacea kuroshio Gomez et Hulcr

 = Kuroshio shot hole borer (KSHB)

F. kuroshium Na et al.

California sycamore (Platanus racemose Nutt.); Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

USA (California), Mexico, Taiwan

23,24,36,55

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