Biology and Taxonomy of Mites of the Genus Tarsonemoides (Acarina: Tarsonemidae) Parasitizing Eggs of Bark Beetles of the Genus Ips

Abstract

This study was originally undertaken so as to provide information on the life history and ecology of Tarsonemoides truncatus (Ewing), to describe for the first time the developmental instars and male, and to redescribe the female of this species. Research soon indicated, however, that a group of closely related species of mites, including T. truncatus, was involved and that the problems to be investigated were more complex and extensive than anticipated.