Gamasina

Danra, Dieudonné Djackba, Nukenine, Elias Nchiwan & Koehler, Hartmut, 2018, Soil Gamasina from savanna and ReviTec site of Ngaoundéré (Adamawa, Cameroon): abundance and species diversity, Soil Organisms 90 (3), pp. 187-198 : 191-192

3.2 Gamasina species

3.2.1 Community composition

Thirty-four Gamasina species belonging to fourteen genera and eight families were recorded over the sampling period ( Tab. 3). The Gamasina community is dominated by small Rhodacaridae with eleven morphospecies and Ascidaewithtenmorphospecies.ThefamilyHypoaspididae

Mean abundance 0–10cm. ind. in tsd./m 2 2.36 1.48 4.08 10.03 10.27 Species number 17 14 22 30 30 was represented by six morphospecies and the family of Pachylaelapidae by three morphospecies, while the family Ameroseiidae , Phytoseiidae , Gamasiphidae and Macrochelidae were represented by one morphospecies each ( Tab. 3). Some individuals representing these families are shown in Fig. 4.

Figures

Figure 4. Gamasina from Ngaoundéré savanna and ReviTec site (idiosoma length IL in μ): (A) Rhodacaridae (AFROVL IL= 340), (B) Rhodacaridae (AFRNYI IL=320), (C) Hypoaspididae (HYOOP IL=490), (D) Hypoaspididae (HYGEOA IL= 570), (E) Hypoaspididae (HYGEOA, male IL= 430), (F) Ascidae (ASSP1, IL= 380), (G) Ascidae (ASSP8, IL= 270), (H) Gamasiphinae (GAMSP1, IL=350).