Phoretic mites associated with spruce bark beetle Ips typographus L. (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Bulgaria

Danail Takov; Daniela Pilarska; John Moser

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Phoretic mites associated with spruce bark beetle Ips typographus L. (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Bulgaria

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Authors:

Danail Takov, Daniela Pilarska, John Moser

Year:

2010

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Acta zool. bulg. 61(3):293-296

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Abstract

A total of 818 specimens of Ips typographus L. were investigated for the presence of phoretic mites. They were collected from 4 localities in Vitosha Mountain, near Sofia. Five phoretic mites were found: Dendrolaelaps quadrisetus, Trichouropoda polytricha, Histiostoma piceae, Uroobovella ipidis and Proctolaelaps jiseri. 11.1 % from all investigated specimens of Ips typographus had phoretic mites, but local percentages varied from 5.2% in, Zlatni Mostove to 51.1 % in Yavorova polyana. This is the first report of phoretic mites associated with I. typographus in Bulgaria.

Keywords

phoretic mites, Ips typographus, Bulgaria

Citation

Takov, Danail; Pilarska, Daniela; Moser, John. 2009. Phoretic mites associated with spruce bark beetle Ips typographus L. (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Bulgaria. Acta zool. bulg. 61(3):293-296.