Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of dry grasslands on Transcarpathian Lowland
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24144/1998-6475.2018.45.38-44Keywords:
oribatid mites, communities, ecological groups, indices of diversity, habitat.Abstract
The article deals with faunal and ecological diversity of the oribatid mites on dry grasslands of Transcarpathian lowland. For the selected type of grasslands in the territory of Transcarpathia, such studies have not been conducted before. The material for research was selected on five variants of the grasslands (Berehovo and Vynohradovo, as well as Onok, Muzhiievo and Okli Had villages) for 2013-2014. For the dry grasslands 33 species of Oribatida have been registered (17 families, 24 genera). Among the taxa studied, the richest by species are Oppiidae and Scheloribatidae. The average number of Oribatida communities of the dry grasslands on Transcarpathian lowland is 3 thousand specimens per m2. There are four classes in a structure of dominance. The dominant species are Punctoribates hexagonus and Zygoribatula frisiae. For the dry grasslands 9 morpho-ecological types of oribatid mites are registered. The most numerous is a group of non-specialized forms. These include Micreremus brevipes, Passalozetes perforatus, Scutovertex sculptus, Tectoribates ornatus, Tectocepheus velatus sarecensis, Tectocepheus velatus velatus, Liebstadia similis, Liebstadia pannonica, L. willmanni, Scheloribates laevigatus, Sch. latipes, Lucoppia burrowsi, Zygoribatula frisiae. Representatives of five biotope complexes (euryoecic, hygrophilous, hygro-mesophilous, mesophilous and xerophilous) and five biotope groups (eurytopic, woody-meadow, meadow, petricolous) were identified in the structure of ecological groups of Oribatids. The meadow biotope of Oribatida groups in both qualitative and quantitative terms is prevail among the detected groups. Also, in the structure of eco-groups for the humidity, most represented are hygrophilous and xerophilous.
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