Open AccessOribatid mites communities (Acari: Oribatida) and their distribution in the tea (Camellia sinensis) plantation at Moc Chau plateau, Son La province
Author(s) -
Hà Trà My,
Vũ Quang Mạnh,
Trần Nam Hải
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tạp chí khoa học đại học quốc gia hà nội: khoa học tự nhiên và công nghệ (vnu journal of science:natural sciences and technology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2615-9317
pISSN - 2588-1140
DOI - 10.25073/2588-1140/vnunst.4709
Subject(s) - oribatida , acari , biology , species richness , mite , genus , camellia sinensis , ecology , prostigmata , botany
In the period of 2014-2015, oribatid mite community (Acari: Oribatida) was investigated according to four seasons and three vertical layers in the soil ecosystem of the tea plantation (Camellia sinensis) at Moc Chau Plateau, province of Son La. Identifies are 68 oribatid species, including 6 sp., belonging to 45 genera and 29 families. Among them 57 species are recorded for the first time for the study area, including 26 species are recorded new for Vietnam. The oribatid mite systematic structure of study area is not diverse. Tweenty out of 29 families identified were recorded with only one genus, and each genus recorded with one to two species. The family Oppiidae Grandjean, 1951 is the most diversified recocorded with 7 genera and 10 species. According to seasons, oribatid species richness decreases in the following order: Spring >Winter >Autumn >Summer, respectively identified 35 >32 >31 >21 species. According to soil vertical layers, it decreases in the following order: (-1) >(-3) >(-2), respectively identified 43 >40 >32 species. The only species S. mahunkai, is recorded in all four seasons, and all three soil layers studied.