Behaviours of phoretic mites (Acari) associated with Ips pini and Ips grandicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) during host-tree colonization

摘要

1 Studies on interactions between bark beetles and phoretic mites have focused largely on dispersal life stages. However, many of these interactions occur within trees, where beetles and mites develop. Within-tree interactions are potentially important to beetle and mite reproduction, as well as beetle-mite phoretic pairings.