Rhyzopertha is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Bostrichidae, the false powderpost beetles. The sole species, Rhyzopertha dominica, is known commonly as the lesser grain borer, American wheat weevil, Australian wheat weevil, and stored grain borer. It is a beetle commonly found within store bought products and pest of stored cereal grains located worldwide. It is also a major pest of peanuts. The first documentation of wheat infestation by R. dominica was observed in Australia. R. dominica are usually reddish brown to dark brown in coloration, vary in sizes, elongated and cylindrical.

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

1 records

Symbiont records associated with Rhyzopertha dominica

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Bacteria

bacteria can degrade malathion, pirimiphos-methyl, and deltamethrin and utilize these insecticides as the carbon source in vitro.

Pesticide metabolization
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Metagenome Information

3 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Rhyzopertha dominica

Run Platform Location Date BioProject
ILLUMINA

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Japan
NA
PRJDB14662
ILLUMINA

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Germany
2014
PRJNA836854
ILLUMINA

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Germany
2014
PRJNA836854

Amplicon Information

1 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Rhyzopertha dominica

Run Classification Platform Location Environment
SRR13441156

AMPLICON

16S
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Canada

49.81 N 97.13 W

ENVO:01000219

laboratory insect colonies

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Research articles related to Rhyzopertha dominica

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