CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL MITES (ACARINA) IN MORAVA RIVERFLOODPLAIN AND BORSKA-NIZINA (LOWLAND)

The paper brings the first information concerning free living soil mit es (Acarina) in flood-plain of the Morava river and Borska nizina (low land). Three studied localities represent various biotopes, inhabited by different soil mites communities, Community structure and compositi on of Acarina species in each locality reflect the differences in reli ef, soil profile and phytocenoses. Locality Vysoka pri Morave represen ts a soil mites community typical of a floodplain, in the next two Bez edne and Borova there occure mites communities, richer and more intere sting in comparison to the previous one. During the investigation at t hese localities, altogether 2766 individuals belonging to 76 acarina s pecies were found. Among them 18 species were recorded in the Slovak f auna for the first time.