Survey of phoretic mites on Dendroctonus approximatus (N=45) 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

Bonomia sp.          

HistiostomatidaeA

Dendrolaelaps (Longoseuis) cuniculus

DigamasellidaeP

Histiostoma sp.

HistiostomatidaeA

Iponemus truncatus

TarsonemidaeA

Mexecheles virginatius

CheyletidaeP

Pyemotes n. sp.

PyemotidaeA

Saproglyphus sp.

SaproglyphidaeP

Tarsonemus krantzi

TarsonemidaeA

Tarsonemus terebrans

TarsonemidaeA

Tars. subcorticallis

TarsonemidaeA

Trichouropoda hirsute

UropodidaeP

                A = Order Acariformes and P = Order Parasitiformes.

 

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