ORIBATIDA (ACARI) IN BALSAM FIR [ ABIES BALSAMEA (L.)] FORESTS OF WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Dwyer, E., Larson, D.J., Thompson, I.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent129151-1; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00011378

Abstract The oribatid fauna of commercial balsam fir [ Abies balsamea (L.)] forests of western Newfoundland were surveyed through Berlese funnel extraction of samples taken from soil and various forest microhabitats. A total of 83 species or species complexes representing 39 families was collected. Fourteen genera and 36 species are new records for Newfoundland. One genus, Haplozetes Willmann, 1935, is a new record for Canada. For each species, notes on abundance in soil samples and distribution among microhabitats are provided and for the more abundant species, seasonal variation in abundance of immature and adult stages is plotted.