Die baum - und bodenbewohnenden Oribatiden (Acari) im Tieflandregenwald von Panguana, Peru

Abstract

In the lowland rain forest of Panguana, Departamento Huanuco. a qualitative comparisai was made between the communities of edaphic and arboricolous oribatid mites living up to 15 m above ground. 205 species of oribatid mites from 17.382 specimens were found. 38 % of the species d y occuned in soil samples. 22 % aily in epiphytes and 40 % were found both in the forest soii and in epiphytes. As in temperate regions. a characteristic tree fama can be distinguished from the soil fauna in the tropical rain forest in Panguana