Nutrition ofXyleborus ferrugineus. II. A Holidic Diet for the Aposymbiotic Insect

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Abstract
Aposymbiotic Xyleborus ferrugineus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) was reared through 3 consecutive generations on a holidic diet under aseptic conditions in test tubes. Reproduction is arrhenotokous, and fertilized females yield progeny with a spanandrous sex ratio. Mating behavior leads to continued inbreeding.