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Brief Review of the Associations of Xylobiont Nematodes with Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

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Nematode pathogens cause wilt diseases in conifers and deciduous trees. The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) act as nematode vectors spreading the invasive juvenile stages during their maturation feeding or during oviposition on the plant hosts. There are numerous reviews of nematodes associated with bark beetles on conifers, while little attention has been paid to the nematodes of deciduous trees. The development of Dutch elm disease and ash dieback is mainly caused by fungal pathogens transmitted by bark beetles; the latter act as vectors of not only fungi but also nematodes enclosed in nematangia under their elytra, and also in the tracheae and Malpighian canals. Apart from phytopathogenic nematodes, bark beetles transmit mycophagous and bacterivorous nematodes and own parasites of bark beetles. The ecological groups of nematodes associated with Scolytinae are reviewed; the known records of associations of nematodes with bark beetles are listed for coniferous host plants of Russia and neighboring countries; the world-wide list of these associations for deciduous plant hosts is given.

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Polyanina, K.S., Mandelshtam, M.Y. & Ryss, A.Y. Brief Review of the Associations of Xylobiont Nematodes with Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Entmol. Rev. 99, 598–614 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819050038

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