Abstract:
There is a close relationship between mites and insects. In this study, five different mite species belonging to 2 families (Uropodidae and Histiostomatidae) were found on
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus collected from the Garden of Expo Park in Xiamen.
Centrouropoda almerodai was the most abundant mite species and mainly located at sub-elytra of RPW, which was the dominant species with the dominance index of 0.366 and the spatial niche breadth of 0.05. Although the dominance index of
Curculanoetus sp. was 0.059 (less than that of
C. almerodai), this mite had the widest spatial niche breadth of 0.47 and mainly located at abdominal dorsum, membranous wings and sub-elytra. Therefore, population and spatial distribution of mites on
R. ferrugineu were species-specific.