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

Phoretic mites use bark beetles for transportation to new, suitable habitats. Some phoretic act as predators and parasitoids of the beetles’ immature stages, especially egg early larval are potential agents biological control scolytine forest pests. Mites live very frequently in relationships with other invertebrates. Many found association various species beetles. Here, a total 41 specimens different genus Ips (Ips acuminatus, sexdentatus typographus) were studied presence, composition, abundance mites. The collected on dead wood parts tree Pinus nigra, sylvestris Picea abies Black Sea Mountains Kastamonu Artin Province Turkey. A nine mite found, including Dendrolaelaps quadrisetus, Ereynetes sp., Histiostoma piceae, Paraleius cf. leontonychus, Pleuronectocelaeno barbara., Proctolaelaps hystricoides, Schizostethus simulatrix, Trichouropoda lamellosa Uroobovellaipidis. All identified first time within Turkish fauna.