Abstract
The knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia). Based on new inventories, we provide primary data and an annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia including 107 species. Out of these, nineteen species are new findings for the region and five are species potentially new for science. Twenty-three species are new for Norway, fourteen for Finland and eleven for Sweden. The known recorded fauna today of terrestrial Parasitengona is 80 species for Norway, 54 for Sweden and 48 for Finland. Primary data include georeferenced locality data as well as collecting techniques and microhabitat to increase the knowledge on species' habitat requirements.
Highlights
BackgroundThe knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia)
Parasitengona mites comprise two main ecological assemblages: the aquatic water mites (Hydrachnidia) and the terrestrial parasitengones (Trombidia; Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Gärdenfors et al (2003) summarised the current state of knowledge of multicellular life in Sweden and reported twelve species of Trombidia. This is without doubt a vast underestimate as, for example, 142 species are known from Poland (Mąkol and Wohltmann 2012, Moniuszko and Mąkol 2014, Stålstedt et al 2016, Mąkol and Korniluk 2017), which is perhaps the best studied country in Europe
Summary
The knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia). We provide primary data and an annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia including 107 species. Nineteen species are new findings for the region and five are species potentially new for science. Twenty-three species are new for Norway, fourteen for Finland and eleven for Sweden. The known recorded fauna today of terrestrial Parasitengona is 80 species for Norway, 54 for Sweden and 48 for Finland. Primary data include georeferenced locality data as well as collecting techniques and microhabitat to increase the knowledge on species' habitat requirements. Distribution, metadata, GBIF, Norway, Sweden, Finland, chiggers, velvet mites, faunistics
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