01782nas a2200181   4500008004100000020001400041245013200055210006900187260000900256300001200265490000700277520111200284653002601396100001501422700001301437700001501450856013501465       2010                        eng d  a1212-483400aThe role of Hylastes cunicularius Erichson (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in transferring uropodine mites in a mountain spruce forest0 arole of Hylastes cunicularius Erichson Coleoptera Scolytidae in   c2010  a258-2640 v563 aThe bark beetle Hylastes cunicularius was studied in the Tatra Mountains, West Carpathians, to clarify its role in transferring phoretic uropodine mites during dispersal in a mountain spruce forest. Emphasis was placed on the proportion of beetles vectoring deutonymphs of uropodine mites, and on assemblage structure, frequency distribution and placement of uropodids on the bark beetle vector. A total of 3,302 adults of H. cunicularius were caught into flight interception traps, of which 529 (16%) vectored a total of 1,020 individuals and four species of uropodine mites: Trichouropoda pecinai Hirschmann & Wisniewski, Trichouropoda obscura (C. L. Koch), Uroobovella vinicolora (Vitzthum), Uroobovella ipidis (Vitzthum). The uropodine mite assemblage was dominated by T. pecinai, which represented 94.6% of the collected mite individuals. T. pecinai and U. vinicolora were documented as new associates of H. cunicularius. Frequency distribution of uropodids on the beetle was L-shaped. The number of vectored mites and the number of dispersing individuals of H. cunicularius were positively correlated.10aHylastes cunicularius1 aKrsiak, B.1 aZach, P.1 aKulfan, J.  uhttps://weevil.myspecies.info/role-hylastes-cunicularius-erichson-coleoptera-scolytidae-transferring-uropodine-mites-mountain-spru