Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs
Takanori Nishino, Minoru Moriyama, Hiromi Mukai, Masahiko Tanahashi, Takahiro Hosokawa, Hsin-Yi Chang, Shuji Tachikawa, Naruo Nikoh, Ryuichi Koga, Chih‐Horng Kuo, Takema Fukatsu
The paper identifies a novel defensive fungal symbiosis in stinkbugs where females transfer fungi to eggs to protect them from wasp parasitism.
Science · Oct 16, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology