John C. Moser

Multipartite Symbioses Among Fungi, Mites, Nematodes, and the Spruce Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (2008)

Yasmin J. Cardoza, John C. Moser, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa

The spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, is an eruptive forest pest of significant economic and ecological importance. D. rufipennis has symbiotic associations with a number of microorganisms,...

Seasonal Dynamics of Mites and Fungi and Their Interaction with Southern Pine Beetle (2006)

Richard W. Hofstetter, Kier D. Klepzig, John C. Moser, Matthew P. Ayres

We evaluated whether Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann populations were influenced by nontrophic interactions involving commensal mites, their mutualistic bluestain fungus Ophiostoma minus (Hedgc.)...

Redescription of Tarsonemus minimax and Definition of Its Species-Group in the Genus Tarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species (2003)

Wojciech L. Magowski, John C. Moser

The Tarsonemus minimax species-group is established for bark beetle commensals of the genus Tarsonemus Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876. T. minimax Vitzthum 1926 is redescribed, and two new species, T....