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An attelabid weevil,Euops splendida, the female of which makes leaf-roll cradles, is symbiotic with a fungus. She possesses a set of fungus-cultivating structures: spore reservoir, spore incubator, and spore bed, and also comb plate which is used for sowing spores in the nibbled sites on the cradle leaf.
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Some parts of this paper were presented in a symposium at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan (Sakurai 1985).
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Sakurai, K. An attelabid weevil (Euops splendida) cultivates fungi. J. Ethol. 3, 151–156 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350306
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