Oribatid fauna (Acari, Oribatida) from the Kumaya cave of Iheya village in Central Ryukyu arc, south Japan, with a description of several new species

Nakamura, Yoshinori; Fukumori, Shigenori; Fujikawa, Tokuko

doi:10.1051/acarologia/20101988

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“…In 1932, Willmann described Belba lengersdorfi from the stalactite cave, which is the first record of cave oribatid mites (Willmann 1932). Since then, more and more oribatid mites have been found in caves in Europe, Asia, and North America (Alexander 1995, Wauthy and Ducarme 2006, Nakamura et al 2010. By 2021, 272 species in 89 genera representing 33 families of Oribatida have been reported from caves all over the world.…”

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Christovizetes Krivolutsky (Acari: Oribatida: Microzetidae), a newly recorded genus from caves in China, with description of a new species

Zhang

Chen

2023

Acarologia

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A new species of oribatid mites of the genus Christovizetes (Acari: Oribatida: Microzetidae), Christovizetes longisaetosus sp. nov. is described based on adult specimens collected from caves in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. This genus is reported from China for the first time. The new species could be distinguished from other three known species of the genus by the following combination of characteristics: (1) distinctly longer notogastral setae lm, lp, h<sub>1-3</sub>, (2) notogastral setae lp located anterior to lyrifissure im, (3) each lamellar cusp with four teeth, among which two inner teeth much longer and thinner than two outers, (4) aggenital setae smooth. A key to the four species of this genus is given.

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Christovizetes Krivolutsky (Acari: Oribatida: Microzetidae), a newly recorded genus from caves in China, with description of a new species

Zhang

Chen

2023

Acarologia

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Distribution pattern and driving factors of mite communities in karst cave ecosystems

Fei,

Shi,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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Mites are among the most abundant invertebrates in subsurface ecosystems, and their community assemblages and distributions are often significantly influenced by the diversity of habitat resources. The cave ecosystem encompasses drastic changes in nonbiological factors, such as changes in lighting conditions from bright to extraordinarily dark and habitat gradients of surface plant resources from abundant to scarce or even disappearing, providing an ideal unique environment for evaluating the assembly mechanism of soil animal communities. Nevertheless, there still needs to be a sufficient understanding of the biodiversity patterns and drivers of mite communities across environmental gradients in karst caves. We conducted a comprehensive survey on the composition and diversity of soil mites in three photometric zones (dark, twilight, and light) of a typical karst cave and its adjoining extractive environments (forest scrub and farmland). Our research aimed to investigate the ecological relationships of mite communities between above‐ and below‐ground habitats and the effects of abiotic factors on mite communities. We collected 49 families, 86 genera, and 1284 mites. In the external cave environment, we captured 1052 mites from 72 genera and 45 families; in the internal cave environment, we captured 232 mites from 46 genera and 29 families. The abundance, richness of genera, and diversity parameters of the mite community decreased from the cave entrance to the cave interior with decreasing light intensity. Oribatid mites dominated the mite community. Protoribates and Scheloribates were the dominant genera, along with Tectocepheus and 11 other genera, which primarily distinguished the mite communities among different habitats. Forty endemic taxa were found in the external cave environment, compared to 14 endemic taxa in the internal cave environment. The mite community showed a strong preference for the cave ecosystem habitat. Temperature, humidity, and soil nitrogen content significantly influenced the distribution pattern of mite communities (VIP > 0.8, p < 0.05).

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Three new species of Haplozetidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Vietnam

Ermilov¹,

Anichkin²

2011

Acarologia

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Oribatid fauna (Acari, Oribatida) from the Kumaya cave of Iheya village in Central Ryukyu arc, south Japan, with a description of several new species

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Christovizetes Krivolutsky (Acari: Oribatida: Microzetidae), a newly recorded genus from caves in China, with description of a new species

Christovizetes Krivolutsky (Acari: Oribatida: Microzetidae), a newly recorded genus from caves in China, with description of a new species

Distribution pattern and driving factors of mite communities in karst cave ecosystems

Three new species of Haplozetidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Vietnam

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