Species diversity and biocenotic relationships of gamasid mites (Parasitiformes,Gamasoidea) in the nests of the field vole <Emphasis Type="Italic">Microtus agrestis</Emphasis> L. of the Karelian middle taiga subzone |
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| Authors: | L S Bespyatova |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia;(2) Zoological Institute, RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia;(3) Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia;(4) Specialized Educational Scientific Center, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia;(5) Cambridge Resource Centre for Comparative Genomics, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OES, UK;(6) Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey;(7) Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK; |
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| Abstract: | The species diversity and habitat relations of gamasid mites from nests of the field vole (Microtus agrestis L.) were studied in the middle taiga subzone of the Republic of Karelia. The fauna of gamasid mites on the field vole, in
its nests, and in the forest litter is very diverse, comprising 49 species with a complex taxonomic structure (22 genera,
12 families) and a variety of life strategies (necrophages, zoophages, and hematophages). The fauna of gamasid mites is most
diverse in the nests of M. agrestis and includes both primitive free-living forms and specialized obligatory (epizoic) parasites. The group with the highest
diversity of mite species is that from the nest of M. agrestis, with the diversity index amounting to 2.65 (30 species, 18 genera, 11 families). |
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