Occurrence of Mite Species Associated with Some Organic Manures at El-Menofia Governorate

Abstract

Mite survey proved the occurrence of thirty-six species of mites belonging to 30 genera in 19 families and four suborders recorded in association with different organic manures at El-Menofia Governorate during (January 2014-January 2016). The suborder Acaridida was represented by the families Acaridae, Glycyphagidae and Chortoglyphidae. The suborder Actinedida was represented by Cheyletidae, Tarsonemidae, Bdellidae, Rhagididae, Scutacaridae, Cunaxidae, and Eupodidae. On the other hand, the suborder Gamasida was recorded by the families Pachylaelapidae, Ameroseiidae, Ascidae, Macrochelidae, Laelapidae, Uropodidae and Ologamasidae, while the oribatid mites were represented by both families Oribatulidae and Oppiidae. The most abundant family in this study was Acaridae (Acaridida) which was represented by different 5 mite species. Also, family Cheyletidae (Actinedid) was the second abundant mites group in this study and included different 4 mite species. Based on the abundance, Rhizoglyphus echinopus, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acaridida); Cheyletus malaccensis, C. eruditus, Cunaxa capreolus, Eupodes aegypticus (Actinedida) and Kleemenia plumosus (Gamasida) and Oppia sticta (Oribatida) were the most dominant species in this study. It was noticed that the pigeon organic manure harboured the most collected mites, which included 33 different species, while the chicken organic manures harboured 18 different mites, but the duck manure harboured 7 mite species.