ORIBATID MITES IN NESTS OF THE LAPLAND BUNTING (CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS) ON THE ARCTIC ISLAND OF VAYGACH (WITH ANALYSIS OF THE ISLAND'S FAUNA)

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Elena Melekhina, Alexander Matyukhin, Pyotr Glazov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2019
• Subjects: arctic; bird nests; oribatida; taxonomic composition; zoogeographical structure; fauna; Science; Q; Arctic; Arctic Island; Vaygach; Tundra; Vaygach Island; Lapland; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/bg892; https://doaj.org/article/80338d10ad4044b1b0e31a7d338f6f55

In the seven nests of the Lapland Bunting ( Calcarius lapponicus ) collected from the Arctic island of Vaygach, 1348 oribatid mite specimens representing 25 species, 24 genera of 21 families were found. Nine species were found for the first time on this island: Atropacarus striculus (Koch, 1835), Ph...