A Snap-Shot of Domatial Mite Diversity of Coffea arabica in Comparison to the Adjacent Umtamvuna Forest in South Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mite Species | Feeding Guild | Coffee Edge: Abundance (% Frequency) | Coffee Middle: Abundance (% Frequency) | Natural Forest: Abundance (% Frequency) | Total: Abundance (% Frequency) |
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Cheyletidae Prosocheyla hepburni (Lawrence) | Predacious | 14 (7%) | 14 (3%) | ||
Cunaxidae Bunaxella quini Den Heyer Rubroscirus sp. | Predacious Predacious | 15 (25%) | 28 (30%) | 37 (15%) 5 (4%) | 80 (24%) 5 (1%) |
Eriophyidae Eriophyid sp. | Herbivorous | 104 (19%) | 104 (7%) | ||
Eupodidae Eupodes sp. | Algiphagus | 17 (15%) | 17 (6%) | ||
Oribatida Oribatid mite | Mycophagous/Saprophytic | 2 (10%) | 30 (30%) | 32 (12%) | |
Phytoseiidae Amblyseius anomalus van der Merwe Euseius addoensis (van der Merwe and Ryke) Ueckermannseius sp1 Ueckermannseius sp2 Ueckermannseius munsteriensisvan der Merwe Typhlodromus microbullatus van der Merwe Typhlodromus crassusvan der Merwe | Predacious Predacious Predacious Predacious Predacious Predacious Predacious | 212 (95%) 2 (10%) 77 (50%) | 136 (30%) 59 (25%) 35 (35%) 78 (85%) | 227 (56%) 9 (4%) 18 (26%) 73 (41%) 7 (7%) 4 (4%) | 227 (22%) 357 (38 %) 59 (7%) 20 (13%) 73 (16%) 7 (3%) 35 (10%) 159 (41%) |
Stigmaeidae Agistemus tranatalensisMeyer Agistemus sp. (probably new) Mullederia centrata (Meyer) | Predacious Predacious Predacious | 2 (5%) | 15 (20%) | 5 (4%) | 5 (1%) 15 (6%) 2 (1%) |
Tenuipalpidae Brevipalpus sp. (probably new) | Herbivorous | 8 (11%) | 8 (4%) | ||
Tetranychidae Oligonychus sp. (probably new) Tetranychus sp. Tetranychus nymph | Herbivorous Herbivorous Herbivorous | 6 (4%) 33 (25%) 83 (25%) | 6 (1%) 33 (10%) 83 (10%) | ||
Triophtydeidae Tetratriophtydeus myacanthus Ueckermann | Predacious | 5 (4%) | 45 (1%) | ||
Tydeidae Tydeus munsteri Meyer and Ryke | Predacious | 46 (48%) | 46 (19%) | ||
Winterschmidtiidae Saproglyphus sp. | Mycophagous | 11 (15%) | 11 (6%) |
Site | Average within Group Similarity (%) | Contribution of Species (%) |
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Natural forest | 31.21 | Phytoseiidae Amblyseius anomalus (23.6) Ueckermannseius munsteriensis (21.5) Oribatida Oribatid mite (16.8) |
Middle of coffee plantation | 68.27 | Phytoseiidae Euseius addoensis (81.1) Typhlodromus crassus (16.0) |
Edge of coffee plantation | 46.17 | Phytoseiidae Typhlodromus crassus (70.2) Cunaxidae Bunaxella quini (8.7) Phytoseiidae Euseius addoensis (8.2) |
Site | Average between Group Dissimilarity (%) | Contribution of Species (%) |
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Natural forest vs. middle of plantation | 97.97 | Phytoseiidae Euseius addoensis (17.5) Amblyseius anomalus (10.1) Ueckermannseius Munsteriensis (9.7) |
Middle of coffee plantation vs. edge of plantation | 62.48 | Phytoseiidae Euseius addoensis (29.0) Typhlodromus crassus (23.3) Cunaxidae Bunaxella quini (16.1) |
Edge of coffee plantation vs. natural forest | 89.64 | Phytoseiidae Typhlodromus crassus (15.0) Amblyseius anomalus (9.9) Phytoseius sp. (9.4) |
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Situngu, S.; Barker, N.P.; Vetter, S. A Snap-Shot of Domatial Mite Diversity of Coffea arabica in Comparison to the Adjacent Umtamvuna Forest in South Africa. Diversity 2020, 12, 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020079
Situngu S, Barker NP, Vetter S. A Snap-Shot of Domatial Mite Diversity of Coffea arabica in Comparison to the Adjacent Umtamvuna Forest in South Africa. Diversity. 2020; 12(2):79. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020079
Chicago/Turabian StyleSitungu, Sivuyisiwe, Nigel P. Barker, and Susanne Vetter. 2020. "A Snap-Shot of Domatial Mite Diversity of Coffea arabica in Comparison to the Adjacent Umtamvuna Forest in South Africa" Diversity 12, no. 2: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020079