Abstract
Suborder Oribatida is land-dwelling group of mites distributed across different geographic regions of the world. This study
shows the assessment of diversity, richness, evenness, and abundance of families of Oribatid from uncultivated and cultivated
soils collected from ten different localities of Punjab, Pakistan. Overall, 9 families of Oribatida were observed in both soil
types having Oribatellidae, Oppiidae, and Scheloribatidae as dominating families. Uncultivated soil had more richness (S=07),
abundance (46.01 ± 2.61) and Shannon diversity index (H’=1.77 ± 0.03) compared to cultivated soil with richness (S=5),
abundance (25.35 ± 1.14) and Shannon index (H’= 1.47 ± 0.03). Maximum abundance value of oribatid mites (62 ± 11.87)
was recorded from Murree for uncultivated soil while in case of cultivated soil, it was recorded from Faisalabad (29.83 ± 7.28).
The maximum family richness of Oribatid mites was observed in Faisalabad and Chakwal (S=07) while minimum family
richness (S=05) was observed from T.T. Singh.
Keywords: Oribatida, oribatillidae, cunaxidae, Scheloribatidae, Pakistan.
Ahmad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Hamid Bashir, Shanza Ahmed. (2022) Diversity of soil inhabiting oribatida (Acari) under cultivated and uncultivated land types from Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 59, Issue 2.
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