An interesting case of phoresy in mite associates of Hylurgops palliatus (Gyll.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
2009
Kršiak, B., Institute of Forest Ecology, Zvolen (Slovak Republic) | Zach, P., Institute of Forest Ecology, Zvolen (Slovak Republic) | Jakuš, R., Institute of Forest Ecology, Zvolen (Slovak Republic)
The first record of phoresy in the two mite taxa of the family Trematuridae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) and Histiostomatidae (Acarina: Astigmata) has been documented from the larval galleries of the bark beetle Hylurgops palliatus (Gyll.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Norway spruce forest in West Carpathians, Central Europe. The interesting and rare case of phoresy is briefly discussed.
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