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[Study on community of acaroid mites breeding in home storages in Linquan Area, Anhui Province]
Guo Jiao-Jiao1, Meng Xiang-Song1, Li Chao-Pin1
1Department of Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Anhui Province, Wuhu 241002, China.
Objective:
To investigate the species and diversity of acaroid mites community in home storages in Linquan area, Anhui Province.
Methods:
The samples of 48 kinds of storages from the residents in Linquan County were collected, and the mites in them were separated in a microscope directly.
Results:
Totally 19 species of acaroid mites belonging to 14 genera of 6 families were obtained from the 48 kinds of samples. The diversity analysis showed that the number of species, the species richness index and species diversity index of mites in the habitats were in the order of the other storages > drysaltery > grains.
Conclusions:
The quantities of breeding acaroid mites in storages in Linquan area are much larger, meanwhile the species are also very rich, thus in order to reduce the harm of acaroid mites, we should take active measures to control their breeding.
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