Predatory mites fauna on medicinal and aromatic plants from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India

Indrani Samaddar; Sanjoy Podder; Santanu Chakrabarti; Himani Biswas

doi:10.14232/abs.2021.2.285-298

Predatory mites fauna on medicinal and aromatic plants from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India

Authors

Indrani Samaddar University of Burdwan
Sanjoy Podder University of Burdwan
Santanu Chakrabarti Singur Government, General Degree College, Singur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-246X
Himani Biswas Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Krishnagar Government College, Krishnagar, Nadia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/abs.2021.2.285-298

Keywords:

Acari, distribution, key, medicinal and aromatic plant, Mesostigmata, Prostigmata

Abstract

regular survey was conducted in different places of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR) region of West Bengal on 32 different medicinal and aromatic plants. A total of 41 species of predatory mites belonging to 19 genera, 7 families, under 2 orders were observed during this study. Collection data, distribution and keys are given for all taxonomic categories. Many of the species and habitats reported here are new records. Ecological and behavioral remarks on all the predatory mite species reported from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve are also presented.

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Published

2022-02-23 — Updated on 2022-02-23

How to Cite

Samaddar, I., Podder, S., Chakrabarti, S. and Biswas, H. (2022) “Predatory mites fauna on medicinal and aromatic plants from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India”, Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 65(2), pp. 285–298. doi: 10.14232/abs.2021.2.285-298.

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