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Table 2 Sister group contrasts of the fungus farming clade and its inferred closest relative

From: Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming

Fungus cultivating clade

# spp

Sister lineage

# spp

Feeding mode (sister)

Corthylina

460

Pityophthorus&Pseudopityophthorus

300

bark and leafstalks

Camptocerus

30

Cnemonyx

50

bark

Bothrosternus + Eupagiocerus

16

Cnesinus

90

pith, bark

Xyleborini

1300

Coccotrypes

120

Bark, seed and leafstalks

Xyloterini

24

Cryphalus

200

bark and leafstalks

Scolytoplatypus

32

Gymnochilus

15

bark

Hyorrhynchini

15

Phloeosinus&Hyledius

100

bark

Premnobius

25

Acanthotomicus

50

bark and leafstalks

Hypothenemus curtipennis

1

Hypothenemus

120

bark, seed and leafstalks

Scolytodes unipunctatus

1

Scolytodes

150

bark and leafstalks

  1. Species numbers are from Wood & Bright [25]; the most diverse lineage is indicated in bold.