Abstract
Thirty-three taxa associated with
Ips typographus were identified, of which fifteen species were phoretic. The most abundant species were
Insectolaelaps quadrisetus (Mesostigmata),
Siculobata lentonycha (Oribata),
Diapterobates humeralis (Oribata),
Ereymetes propescutulis (Prostigmata),
Aetiophenax ipidarius (Prostigmate), and an unidentified species of
Nanacarus (Astigmata). Eight species -
I quadrisetus,
Proctolaelaps fiseri,
Trichouropoda polytricha,
Mexecheles virginiensis,
A. ipidarius,
E. propescutulis,
Bonomota pini, and
Boletoglyphus boletophagi - and four genera -
Nanacarus,
Elattoma,
Schwiebia, and
Parawinterschmidtia - were new taxa in Finland.
Keywords
Acari,
phoresy,
bark beetles,
Ips typographus,
Europe
Citation
Penttinen, Ritva; Viiri, Heli; Moser, John C. 2013. The mites (acari) associated with bark bettles in the Koli National Park in Finland. Acarologia 53(1):3-15.