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Distribution of ptyctimous mites in La Selva, Costa Rica
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The analysis of the distribution of ptyctimous mites in the mountain rain forest La Selva (Costa Rica) was based on 5045 individuals belonging to 47 species. Several methods were applied: Chao estimators, accumulation curves, one-way analysis of variance and correspondence analysis. Thirty-five species have been found in qualitative samples, whereas twenty-five species in quantitative samples. No species has been found exclusively in quantitative samples. The hypothesis tested has been that ptyctimous mites are microhabitat specific (leaf litter, dead wood, epiphytes, mushroom spawn) in the mountain rain forest. Only nine species have been described as stenotopic (occurring in one microhabitat) and three species as eurytopic (occurring in all studied microhabitats). The abundance and species richness of ptyctimous mites did not differ significantly between microhabitats. Analysis of the vertical distribution over the altitude range from 50 to 2160 m a.s.l. has permitted classification of ten species as lowaltitude ones, thirteen species as high-altitude ones and the identification of three species whose occurrence was not related to altitude. A significant fluctuation of the number of species and number of individuals, independent of the altitude, has been observed.
Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites of Neotropical Region (Acari: Oribatida)
AbstrAct. At 597 new localities, the representatives of 107 species of ptyctimous mites have been found: one species of Protoplophoridae, seven of Mesoplophoridae, 34 species of Euphthiracaroidea, and 65 species of Phthiracaroidea. One species Austrophthiracarus valdiviaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated, while the hitherto information on three species has been supplemented with additional taxonomical notes and figures. Phthiracarus brevisetae, hitherto known from Nearctic, has been found for the first time in Costa Rica, Phthiracarus bryobius, found in Costa Rica and Phthiracarus longulus, found in Uruguay have been hitherto classified as Holarctic, Austrophthiracarus latior has been for the first time found in Brazil and should be hence considered as cosmopolitic. In total 33 species have been found at new localities and extended their ranges. Seventeen species have been known only from the original descriptions and classified as endemites, but their finding at new locali...
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