Seasonality of some Chihuahuan Desert soil oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata)

The seasonal abundance of oribatid mites

The seasonal abundance of oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) on an irrigated Kikuyu grass pasture

✍ L. C. Nieuwenhuizen; A. J. M. Verster; I. G. Horak; R. C. Krecek; J. R. Grimbeek 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 Springer Netherlands 🌐 English ⚖ 627 KB

The seasonal abundance of oribatid mites, the intermediate hosts of anoplocephalme cestodes, was studied on an imgated Kikuvu grass pasture in Transvaal, South Africa. The following species were consistently present: Gahtnma nuda. Galumna rasilis. Scheioribates el~i and Tectocepheus sarekensis. The