Soil Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the plots of grass collection in ihar Bydgoszcz

Abstract

The population of soil oribatid mites in 14 plots of grass collection in IHAR in Bydgoszcz was investigated. Abundance of Oribatida population ranged 0.8–46.7 thousand indiv./m2. Number of species of Oribatida ranged from 3 to 6 and the Shannon index was low. There were no influence of height and manner of spreading of grasses on oribatid population.

Keywords

• Oribatida
• grass
• Eupelops
• Scheloribates