ANALYSIS OF THE MICROBIOTA OF THE GUT OF

INTRODUCTION Bark beetles of the genus Dendroctonus (Scolytidae:Erichson) correspond to a group of insects associated to the trees of family Pinaceae, specially with the genus Pinus, Picea, Pseudotsugae and Larix. A total of 13 species of 19 described species have been reported in Mexico. They feed on phloem and vascular cambium from the crust of alive or fallen pines, causin