Variation of selected morphological characters of the cave mite Oribella cavatica Kunst, 1962 (Acari, Oribatida)
Vol. 46 No. 2 (2009), Artykuły
Vol. 46 No. 2 (2009)

Variation of selected morphological characters of the cave mite Oribella cavatica Kunst, 1962 (Acari, Oribatida)

Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10120-009-0007-z
Published 2010-07-12
Krystyna Żbikowska-Zdun
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Poland
Krzysztof Piksa
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Poland
Anna Smaczyńska
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Poland
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morphological variation
Oribatida
bioindication
cave

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Żbikowska-Zdun, K., Piksa, K., & Smaczyńska, A. (2010). Variation of selected morphological characters of the cave mite Oribella cavatica Kunst, 1962 (Acari, Oribatida). Biological Letters, 46(2), 123–127. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10120-009-0007-z
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Abstract

Two populations of Oribella cavatica were examined. The mites were isolated from bat guano collected in February 2006 in Zbójecka Cave in Mount Łopień and in the cave Czarci Dół, which are situated in the Beskid Wyspowy Mountains, within the Flysch Carpathians in southern Poland. Coefficients of variation of body length and width, lamella length, and sensillus length of this species under stenotopic conditions were compared with those of two eurytopic species. The stable variation of sensillus length of O. cavatica, like differences in the variation of Heminothrus peltifer in various soil habitats, may have bioindicative significance.

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