Survey of phoretic mites on Dend

Survey of phoretic mites on Dendroctonus adjunctus (N=19) collected from pheromone baited flight traps in Coconino National Forest and Coronado National Forest in Arizona, United States from Summer 2005. Mites identified by J.C. Moser and stored as voucher specimens by R. Hofstetter at Northern Arizona University.

Mite species	Mite Family
Dendrolael. quadrasetus	Digamasellidae^P
Dendrolaelaps sp.	Digamasellidae^P
Parawinterschmidtia furnissi	Winterschniditiidae^A
Tarsonemus ips	Tarsonemidae^A
Tarsonemus krantzi	Tarsonemidae^A
Trichouropoda fallax	Uropodidae^P

^A = Order Acariformes and ^P = Order Parasitiformes.

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