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Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) inhabiting nests of the white-tailed sea eagle <i>Haliaeetus albicilla</i> (L.) in Poland
Author(s) -
Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz,
Jerzy Błoszyk,
Daria Bajerlein,
Robert B. Halliday,
Tadeusz Mizera
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
entomologica fennica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2489-4966
pISSN - 0785-8760
DOI - 10.33338/ef.84359
Subject(s) - mesostigmata , biology , zoology , mite , acari , eagle , nest (protein structural motif) , ecology , biochemistry
white-tailed sea eagle in Poland. The material included 9,724 specimens of Mesostigmata belonging to 86 species. The mite communities were dominated by species of the families Parasitidae, Macrochelidae and Ascidae. The most abundant species were Alliplzis balleri, Androlaelaps casalis, Parasitus fime— torum and Macrocheles merdarius that altogether made up 48% ofall the specimens collected. Alliplzis halleri andAndrolaelaps casalis were also the two most frequently found mites. A summary is presented on the biology and distribution of the abundant species.

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