New data to the soil mite (acari) fauna of Sǎlaj, Romania


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Article Title: New data to the soil mite (acari) fauna of Sǎlaj, Romania
Authors: Kontschán J., Ács A., Suták A.
Affiliation: Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Researches, Hungarian Academy of
Abstract: 60 soil dwelling mite species were collected in the framework of this project between 2014 and 2015 in county Sǎlaj. 43 species from the order Mesostigmata, 16 species from the order Oribatida and one species from the order Prostigmata are listed. Two species (Epicrius bulgaricus Balogh, 1959 and Macrholaspis recki Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960) of the found mites are reported firstly from Romania.
Keywords: fauna, Acari, Epicrius bulgaricus, Sǎlaj
*Correspondence: Kontschán, J., Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Reseaches, Hungarian Academy of Scinces, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary, P.O. Box. 102. e-mail: kontschan.jeno@agrar.mta.hu