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Insects Associated With Mats 
The possibility that several insects 
which are often associated with the fruit- 
ing mats of Endoconidiophora fagacearum 
might spread oak wilt inoculum to wounds 
of healthy trees was pointed out by Nor- 
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Vol. 26, Art. 3 
ris (1953) in Iowa and by Dorsey e¢ al. 
(1953) in West Virginia. These workers 
obtained mechanical transmission of oak 
wilt under experimental conditions with 
several species of the Nitidulidae. Gris- 
wald & Neiswander (1953) in Ohio sug- 
gested that the pomace fly, Drosophila 
Table 14—Numbers of mycelial mats of Endoconidiophora fagacearum in five condition 
classes* on which individual species of insects were found in the 10-month period October, 
1952, through July, 1953. Figures within parentheses indicate the numbers of mats examined. 
Insect Group 
NumBerR oF Mars WirH 
Family 
Anthocoridae.......... 
Biattidaes 2520'tnsees Parcoblatta sp........... 
Brentiudse 304 4 iiets cass Eupsalis minuta........ 
Buprestidae savac. .s.5-% Agrilus bilineatus, larvae 
Gakabidae. 422:,) oti oe Pristodactyla impunctata. 
Colydidae 2. 2c ea2s -- Aulonium parallelopipedum..............- 
Bothrideres geminatus.... 
Synchita paroula........ 
Cacanidde Ibis sees 3s Silvanus bidentatus...... 
Uleiota dubia........... 
Gollembadla\(orden) sos lox ce ec ae oe ee re 
Curculionidae.......... Pandeleteius hilaris..... 
latentade }). ase fees Ampedus nigricans...... 
HIBerispise stew ks 
Plistendde. aes st nes Paromalus bistriatus..... 
Platysoma lecontei....... 
Mycetophagidae........| Litargus sexpunctatus.... 
Mitaulidae 22. ojc5 2 2: Carpophilus sayi........ 
Carpophilus sp. (1)...... 
Carpophilus sp. (2)..... 
Carpophilus sp., larvae. . 
Colopterus truncatus..... 
Colopterus semitectus.... 
Epuraea umbrosa....... 
Epuraea terminalis...... 
Glischrochilus obtusus.... 
Molamba fasciata....... 
Molamba ornata........ 
Orthoperidae........... 
Ostomidde sae sc senses Tenebroides laticollis...... 
Rhizophagidae......... Rhizophagus bipunctatus. 
SOUVTIAL f rori itm ia eee co Monarthrum fasciatum... 
Monarthrum mali....... 
Xyloterinus politus...... 
Staphylinidae.......... Aihelg sDer, eee Bs ete 
Boletobius quaesitor..... 
Coproporus ventriculus... 
Philonthus laetulus...... 
Staphylinid larvae...... 
I GEMNUS ISD ese 
Cynaeus angustus....... 
Platydema ruficorne..... 
Tenebrionidae.......... 
Trichoceridae.......... 
Genus and Species 
Lyctocoris stalii......... 
Glischrochilus sanguinolentus.............. 
Glischrochilus sp., larvae. 
Other nitidulid larvae... . 
Trichocera sp., larvae.... 
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