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Table 4 Checklist of mite species recorded from litterbags with leaf litter of 11 tree species. Number of individuals in litterbags was summed from seven dates of mite collection

From: Temperature and precipitation affect seasonal changes in mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) in decomposing litter of broadleaved and coniferous temperate tree species

No.

Mite species

Abies alba

Acer platanoides

Acer pseudoplatanus

Carpinus betulus

Fagus sylvatica

Larix decidua

Picea abies

Pinus sylvestris

Quercus robur

Quercus rubra

Tilia cordata

Total

1

Alliphis halleri (G. & R. Canestrini, 1881)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

6

1

8

2

Amblyseius sp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

3

3

Arctoseius cetratus (Sellnick, 1940)

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

3

7

4

Arctoseius semiscissus (Berlese, 1892)

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

4

5

Asca aphidioides (Linnaeus, 1758)

12

2

7

3

8

1

5

4

4

7

5

58

6

Dinychus perforatus Kramer, 1882

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

7

Gamasellodes bicolor Berlese, 1918

1

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

7

4

4

29

8

Holoparasitus calcaratus (C.L. Koch, 1839)

18

9

12

9

12

23

20

35

17

18

26

199

9

Hypoaspis aculeifer (Canestrini, 1883)

3

2

4

1

8

4

0

3

0

1

2

28

10

Hypoaspis praesternalis Willmann, 1949

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

11

Hypoaspis procera Karg 1965

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

0

0

0

6

12

Hypoaspis vacua (Michael, 1891)

2

0

1

1

1

13

0

0

0

3

0

21

13

Laelapsis astronomica (Koch, 1839)

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

14

Lasioseius muricatus (C.L. Koch, 1839)

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

15

Olodiscus minima (Kramer, 1882)

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

16

Oodinychus ovalis C.L. Koch, 1839

2

7

2

0

0

2

0

2

2

1

1

19

17

Paragamasus conus Karg, 1971

112

87

161

101

71

175

158

153

157

192

110

1477

18

Paragamasus jugincola (Athas-Henriot, 1967)

183

167

236

173

237

216

380

210

310

232

214

2558

19

Paragamasus lapponicus Trägårdh, 1910

21

20

50

42

14

2

43

18

34

18

14

276

20

Paragamasus vagabundus (Karg, 1968)

47

8

18

14

51

25

55

26

50

13

36

343

21

Pargamasus runcatellus (Berlese, 1903)

292

261

243

126

263

279

357

274

376

282

205

2958

22

Pergamasus crassipes Linnaeus, 1758

10

6

12

18

8

24

9

3

13

9

16

128

23

Pergamasus mediocris Berlese, 1904

2

0

0

0

1

1

0

7

1

1

1

14

24

Pergamasus septentrionalis Oudemans, 1902

20

37

37

28

35

23

37

25

15

45

23

325

25

Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, 1936

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

7

0

0

0

8

26

Rhodacarus coronatus Berlese, 1921

0

3

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

2

2

10

27

Trachytes aegrota (C. L. Koch, 1841)

165

107

130

39

24

80

58

146

119

32

61

961

28

Trichouropoda obscura (C.L. Koch, 1836)

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

29

Veigaia cervus (Kramer, 1876)

27

8

15

9

20

13

13

29

9

7

14

164

30

Veigaia nemorensis (C. L. Koch, 1839)

500

218

302

307

213

352

357

495

290

287

304

3625

31

Vulgarogamasus kraepelini (Berlese, 1904)

318

130

215

187

131

174

135

314

223

167

107

2101

32

Zercon peltatus C.L. Koch, 1836

696

751

888

713

580

593

336

712

729

574

893

7465

33

Zercon triangularis C.L. Koch, 1836

24

7

30

1

20

8

10

9

9

12

21

151

34

Zercon zelawaiensis Sellnick, 1944

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

14

1

1

0

17

 

Total

2459

1834

2366

1773

1701

2013

1978

2498

2369

1917

2064

22972