Table description

Images of Dryocoetes and its mites

Table description. Mites associated with Dryocoetes confusus near Flagstaff, Arizona. Mites removed from adult beetles (N = 144) collected in baited flight traps during July 2005 and 2006. We categorize phoretic mite abundance on beetles as rare (< 1% of beetles have this species), Infrequent (1-5%), common (6-20%), and frequent (>20%). Mites identified by J.C. Moser and stored as voucher specimens by R. Hofstetter at Northern Arizona University.

Phoretic mite species	Family^(Order)	Relative abundance
Dendrolaelaps quadrasetus	Digamasellidae^P	Common
Dendrolaelaps sp.	Digamasellidae^P	Infrequent
Diseius sp.	Ascidae^P	Rare
Elattoma sp.	Pyemotidae^A	Rare
Heterotarsonemus lindquisti	Tarsonemidae^A	Rare
Histiogaster sp.	Acaridae^A	Infrequent
Histiostoma varia	Histiostomatidae^A	Common
Mexecheles virginiensis	Cheyletidae	Rare
Lasioseius safroi	Ascidae^P	Frequent
Paracarophanax sp.	Pyemotidae^A	Infrequent
Paraleius leontonychus	Oribatidae^A	Infrequent
Parawinterschmidtia sp.	Winterschmidtia^A	Infrequent
Proctolaelaps sp.	Ascidae^P	Rare
Saproglyphus sp.	Saproglyphidae^P	Rare
Schwiebia sp.	Acaridae^A	Frequent
Schizostethus lyriformis	Parasitidae^P	Infrequent
Tarsonemus subcorticalis	Tarsonemidae^A	Infrequent
Trichouropoda lamellose	Uropodidae^P	Infrequent
Trichouropoda sp.	Uropodidae^P	Infrequent
Uroobovella orri	Uropodidae^P	Common

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

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