Hushtan H.H., Liubynets I.P.
Total density and spectrum of taxocene families of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) on the Yavoriv NNP // Proc. of the State Nat. Hist. Mus. - Lviv, 2025. - 41. - P. 157-162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2025.41.157-162 Key words: oribatid mites, families, Roztocze, mixed forest, pine forest, oak-beech forest The article provides information on the family structure of oribatid mites of the Yavoriv National Nature Park. The following five habitats within eight localities were studied. Namely: on the outskirts of the village of Lelekhivka: pine forests, oak-beech forest, mixed forests, swamp (bottom of a dried-up reservoir); on the outskirts of the village of Vereshchytsia, a mixed forest and an alder-hornbeam shrub on a moist substrate in a pine forest were investigated. Representatives of oribatids belonging to 31 families were found for the studied territory, which is 69% of the families noted for the entire territory of the Ukrainian Roztocze. These include Achipteriidae, Autognetidae, Brachychthoniidae, Carabodidae, Ceratoppiidae, Ceratozetidae, Chamobatidae, Crotoniidae, Damaeidae, Eremaeidae, Euphthiracaridae, Galumnidae, Hermanniellidae, Hypochthoniidae, Liacaridae, Malaconothridae, Nanhermanniidae, Nothridae, Oppiidae, Oribatellidae, Oribatulidae, Parakalummidae, Phenopelopidae, Phthiracaridae, Punctoribatidae, Scheloribatidae, Suctobelbidae, Tectocepheidae, Tenuialidae, Xenillidae, Zetorchestidae. Among the studied habitats, the richest in terms of the number of detected families are mixed forests, represented by 20 taxa. The total density of oribatids in mixed forests was 21.7 thousand specimens per m2. Representatives of 16 families of oribatid mites were found in pine forests, an total density of 26.1 thousand specimens per m2. Alder and hornbeam scrub on a moist substrate in a pine forest includes oribatids from 18 families and the density in the studied biotope reaches as much as 50.7 thousand specimens per m2. For the oak-beech forest, representatives of only 10 families of oribatids were found, the total density of which was 12.9 thousand specimens per m2. For the bog (the bottom of a dried-up reservoir), representatives of oribatids of only one family were found - Ceratozetidae, the total density was only 1.1 thousand specimens per m2. The established structure of family gives rise to further studies of oribatids of the Yavoriv National Nature Park for their species inventory.
Total density and spectrum of taxocene families of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) on the Yavoriv NNP // Proc. of the State Nat. Hist. Mus. - Lviv, 2025. - 41. - P. 157-162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2025.41.157-162 Key words: oribatid mites, families, Roztocze, mixed forest, pine forest, oak-beech forest The article provides information on the family structure of oribatid mites of the Yavoriv National Nature Park. The following five habitats within eight localities were studied. Namely: on the outskirts of the village of Lelekhivka: pine forests, oak-beech forest, mixed forests, swamp (bottom of a dried-up reservoir); on the outskirts of the village of Vereshchytsia, a mixed forest and an alder-hornbeam shrub on a moist substrate in a pine forest were investigated. Representatives of oribatids belonging to 31 families were found for the studied territory, which is 69% of the families noted for the entire territory of the Ukrainian Roztocze. These include Achipteriidae, Autognetidae, Brachychthoniidae, Carabodidae, Ceratoppiidae, Ceratozetidae, Chamobatidae, Crotoniidae, Damaeidae, Eremaeidae, Euphthiracaridae, Galumnidae, Hermanniellidae, Hypochthoniidae, Liacaridae, Malaconothridae, Nanhermanniidae, Nothridae, Oppiidae, Oribatellidae, Oribatulidae, Parakalummidae, Phenopelopidae, Phthiracaridae, Punctoribatidae, Scheloribatidae, Suctobelbidae, Tectocepheidae, Tenuialidae, Xenillidae, Zetorchestidae. Among the studied habitats, the richest in terms of the number of detected families are mixed forests, represented by 20 taxa. The total density of oribatids in mixed forests was 21.7 thousand specimens per m2. Representatives of 16 families of oribatid mites were found in pine forests, an total density of 26.1 thousand specimens per m2. Alder and hornbeam scrub on a moist substrate in a pine forest includes oribatids from 18 families and the density in the studied biotope reaches as much as 50.7 thousand specimens per m2. For the oak-beech forest, representatives of only 10 families of oribatids were found, the total density of which was 12.9 thousand specimens per m2. For the bog (the bottom of a dried-up reservoir), representatives of oribatids of only one family were found - Ceratozetidae, the total density was only 1.1 thousand specimens per m2. The established structure of family gives rise to further studies of oribatids of the Yavoriv National Nature Park for their species inventory.
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