REVIEW OF MITES (ACARI) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EUROPEAN SPRUCE BARK BEETLE, <i>IPS TYPOGRAPHUS</i> (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE) IN ASIAN RUSSIA

Abstract

The following taxa are recorded for the first time: for the Palaearctic-Superioropus huronmontanus (genus and species); for Russia-Pleuronectocelaeno japonica, Trichouropoda karawaiewi, Dendrolaelaps pini, Gamasellodes tatricus, Scutacarus palustris, Tarsonemus typographi, Heterotarsonemus lindquisti, Hemisarcoptes, Saproglyphus waldorfae, Naiadacarus, Schwiebea nesbitti, Histiostoma pini, and H. ovalis. Of them, 60 species were collected by catching beetles with pheromone traps and examining them for phoretic mites. We provide information on the current distribution, host association, and biology of these mites. In this article, we also discuss the following information, which we have documented: our biological observations of mites in the beetles' galleries, abundance of phoretic mites on hosts, as well as specific sites where they occur. To facilitate morphological diagnostics, common mite species were illustrated using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), as well as light microscopy.

Associations of Phoretic Mites on Bark Beetles of the Genus Ips in the Black Sea Mountains of Turkey

“…quadrisetus prey on nematodes and may have an important role in controlling bark beetle populations [32,33]. In Khaustov et al [36] feeding on the eggs of I. typographus was observed. Specimens found in this research were collected under elytra of I. sexdentatus, on the ventral abdomen of I. acuminatus and ventral thorax, and head of I. typographus in P. nigra and P. abies.…”

Disparity of Phoresy in Mesostigmatid Mites upon Their Specific Carrier Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae)

“…On the other hand, the reduced diversity can be explained by the excessively large number of mites belonging to D. quadrisetus and T. polytricha. Regardless of the number of phoretic species mentioned in the literature, phoretic mites represent only a small part of the 68 species observed inside the galleries of I. typographus [66].…”

Redescription of the female of bumblebee-associated gamasid mite Proctolaelaps sibiriensis (Davydova, 1988) (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from North Asia

“…1930); P. pseudofiseri Nikolsky, 1984;P. pygmaeus (Müller, 1859); P. scolyti Evans (1958); P. sibiriensis (Davydova, 1988) (Bregetova 1977a;Nikolsky 1984;Davydova and Nikolsky 1986;Davydova 1988;Davydova and Bogatyrev, 1990;Klimov 1998;Makarova, 2012;Marchenko, 2010Marchenko, , 2012Khaustov et al 2016Khaustov et al , 2018Trach and Khaustov, 2017).…”