Species list and habitat preference of Mesostigmata mites (Acari, Parasitiformes) in Latvia

The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

“…Previous studies from Europe have highlighted that these species are characteristic of grasslands or meadows (Salmane 2000;Călugăr 2006b;Salmane & Brumelis 2010). Huhta and Hänninen (2001) found that the numerical abundance of mesostigmatids is constant at varying soil moisture; other researchers have contradicted this statement (Bedano et al 2005;Kamczyc 2006;Manu 2008Manu , 2011aManu , 2011b.…”

“…The majority of the identified species prefer meadow-grasslands, the most dominant ones being: Asca bicornis, Hypoaspis vacua, Hypoaspis praesternalis, Hypoapis aculeifer, Lasioseius berlesei, Rhodacarellus silesiacus, Lysigamasus misselus and Protogamasellus mica (Călugăr 2006a;Gwiazdowicz 2007;Salmane & Brumelis 2010;Wissuwa et al 2012). …”

“…Other species (e.g. Hypoaspis aculeifer, Veigaia nemorensis and Asca bicornis) have a wide ecological plasticity, being found in different forest habitats and in meadows, as well as in polluted areas (Salmane 2000;Gwiazdowicz 2007;Salmane & Brumelis 2010;Manu 2011aManu , 2011bvan Leeuwen et al 2015).…”

Contribution to the Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 fauna of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Mesostigmata)

“…Holarctis (Salmane & Kontschán 2005b Published records. Austria (Wissuwa et al 2012), Belgium (Skubała et al 2013), British Isles (Skorupski & Luxton 1998) (Farrier 1957), Latvia (Salmane 1999), Norway (Slomian et al 2005), Poland (Skorupski 2009), Romania (Manu 2013), Russia (Makarova 2011), Slovakia (Fenďa & Mańán 2009), Sweden (Lundqvist 1974 (Klimov 1998), Slovakia (Fenďa & Mańán 2009), Sweden (Bengtsson et al 1997).…”

“…Numerous data are available from different localities worldwide, e.g. from America (Farrier 1957), Africa (Hurlbutt 1979), Europe (Karg 1993;Willmann 1936;Evans 1955;Salmane & Kontschán 2005a;Bregetova 1961, Mańán et al 2008, Australia and New Zealand (Womersley 1956), Caucasus (Petrova & Makarova 1989), China (Ma 1996). These mites live in the upper soil surface, in the litter of forests, moss, decaying organic matter, often found in nests of ants, birds, and rodents.…”