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Folia faunistica Slovaca (2011) 16 (1): 55–66 |
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Oribatid mites (Acarina: Oribatida) of Pieniny National park and Jarabinský prielom Nature Reserve, North-East Slovakia |
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Ladislav Miko |
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European Commission, DG Health and Consumers, Rue Breydel 4, 1049 Brussels, Belgium [ladislavmiko@seznam.cz] |
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Received: 30.5.2011; Accepted: 13.6.2011; Published: 11.7.2011 |
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Abstract |
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Results of the faunistic study of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatida) performed in 1987-1990 in the territories of National Park Pieniny and Nature Reserve of Jarabinský prielom (Western Carpathians, NE Slovakia) are presented. Altogether, 235 species of oribatids were recorded, 231 in Pieniny National Park, and 62 in Jarabinský prielom gorge. 7 species (Liochthonius tuxeni, Phthiracarus cf. italicus, Hoplophthiracarus illinoisensis, Arthrodamaeus reticulatus, Cultroribula confinis, Berninella latidens, Rhaphigneta numidiana and Oribatella cf. brevipila) were recorded for the first time from Slovakia, 10 other species were found for the second time in Slovak fauna. |
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Key words |
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Acari, Oribatida, Slovakia, faunistics, Pieniny, Jarabinský prielom, national park. |
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Introduction |
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Pieniny National Park is located in northern part of East Slovakia, bordering with the Polish National Park of the same name. The park covers Slovak part of Pieniny and Malé Pieniny mountain ranges on the right bank of the Dunajec river. Highest peaks of the territory reach over 1000 m above sea level; the stream of Dunajec river is at about 450 m above sea level. Very rich and still rather well preserved vegetation benefits from geological substrate, mostly created by dolomitic limestone of klippen belt of Western Carpathians. Jarabinský prielom Natural Reserve is a water shaped limestone gorge located close to east part of the National Park, northern to village of Jarabina. The aim of this paper is to present results of comprehensive faunistic research of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatida), which was held in the years 1987–1990, in the framework of faunistic mapping of East-Slovak soil fauna. Results complement our earlier publication on Uropodina (Bloszyk & Miko 1990). |
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Material and methods |
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Qualitative and semi-quantitative samples of different micro-habitats were collected during the years 1987–1990 in various locations and habitat types of Pieniny National Park (Figure 1). Samples in Jarabinský prielom gorge were collected in the year 1989. Qualitative samples (in following list marked by asterisk) were collected as mixed samples either by hand, knife or by shovel. In case of litter or soil the sample was collected from area of about 1 square meter by up to the volume of cca 300-500 cm3, in other cases (mosses, lichens, primary soil in rock crevices etc.) volume and size of the sample depends on available size of microhabitat. Semi-quantitative samples were taken by standardized soil corer with diameter of 6 cm, to the depth of 10 cm. Some samples were split for extraction, and only partly analysed, so the numbers of individuals only can be compared as relative numbers within the particular sample, the calculation of real abundance (ind/m2) was therefore not approached. In majority of qualitative samples, only presence or absence of individual species was checked, these findings are in the list of species presented by (+) sign. In other cases (semi-quantitative samples), number of observed individuals is given. Altogether, 59 samples from Pieniny national park and 5 samples from Jarabinský prielom gorge were collected and analysed. Oribatids were extracted by using modified Berlese-Tullgren apparatus for 5–7 days, heated by bulbs from second day onwards, and collected in 75% alcohol. Material is only partly preserved (except the most common species) in the colletion of the author, with exception of holotypes of newly described species, which were located in public collections (see Miko 1993 and Miko 2008 for more details). For determination of the species I followed the approach of Weigmann (2006), with some very slight modifications. The localities and samples are specified in following list. In the species overview, only the initial numbers from (1) to (64) are used to indicate the findings. Decription of the each sample starts with a sample number as used in my private collection. Overview of localities and samples taken (small letter in parenthesis before the name of area corresponds to the description of area in map on Figure 1): (I) Pieniny National Park (a) Dunajec gorge, upper (southern) part: Červený Kláštor monastery – Huta-stream turn under Poľana Mt. (1) 170-87 Dunajec gorge, Prielom Dunajca-Huta (440 m), Salix growth, litter and upper soil layer, (18.4.1987) (2) 178-87 Dunajec gorge, rocks above the river stream turn upstream of Huta (450 m), mosses and primary soil on the rocks (18.4.1987) (3) 309-89 Dunajec river alluvium near Červený Kláštor monastery (420 m), Alnus forest, soil organic and mineral layer (9.9.1989) (4) 310-89 Dunajec river alluvium near Červený Kláštor monastery (420 m), Alnus forest, mosses on the rotting wood and upper soil layer (9.9.1989) b) Dunajec gorge, lower (northern) part: stream turn under Poľana Mt. – Kače – border Slovakia/Poland) (5) 199-87* Dunajec gorge under Kače rocks, southwest slope of calcareous rock near to the borderline Slovakia-Poland (420 m), meadow with Juniperus, upper soil layer (15.9.1987) (6) 200-87* Dunajec gorge under Kače rocks, southwest slope of calcareous rock near to the borderline Slovakia-Poland (420 m), primary soil and mosses on the rocks (15.9.1987) (7) 201-87* Dunajec gorge under Kače rocks, southwest slope of calcareous rock near to the borderline Slovakia-Poland (440 m), litter in Pinus forest (15.9.1987) (8) 321-88* Dunajec gorge, Storočný prameň, petricol mosses and soil (21.8.1988) (9) 326-88* Dunajec gorge under Kače rocks, northern foothill at the border Slovakia-Poland, petricol mosses and primary soil (21.8.1988) (c) Gorge of Lesnický potok: Kače – Osobitá skala (10) 176-87* Osobitá skala, northwest slope (450 m), Fagus forest, litter (18.4.1987) (11) 187-87* Kače rocks, southern slope above the “Salaš Pieniny“ (550 m), shrubs (Fagus, Carpinus), litter and upper soil (18.4.1987) (d) Kláštorná hora Mt. (12) 189-87 Kláštorná hora Mt., northern slope (520 m), Picea forest with Fagus and Abies, litter (18.4.1987) (13) 191-87* Kláštorná hora Mt., western slope near Červený Kláštor (500 m), Picea forest, litter (18.4.1987) (14) 196-87* Kláštorná hora Mt., northern foothill above the stream turn near Jánošíkov skok (450 m), mosses and soil on the rocks (15.9.1987) (15) 319-88 Kláštorná hora Mt., northern slope (550 m), Tilio-Aceretum, litter and upper soil layer (21.8.1988) (16) 320-88* Kláštorná hora Mt., northern slope (550 m), Tilio-Aceretum, mosses on the soil and on rocks (21.8.1988) (17) 308-89 Kláštorná hora Mt., western slope near Červený Kláštor (500 m), mixed forest (Fagus, Picea, Abies), litter and organic soil layer (9.9.1989) (e) Poľana Mt. – Holica Mt. range (18) 174-87 Holica Mt., tophill (825 m), Abieto-Fagetum, mosses on the rocks (15.9.1987) (19) 182-87 Poľana Mt., western slope slightly above the foothill (480 m), mixed forest (Abieto-Fagetum) with Asarum, Hepatica, Dentaria, forest litter (18.4.1987) (20) 194-87* Holica Mt., tophill (825 m), Abieto-Fagetum, litter and upper soil layer (15.9.1987) (21) 195-87* Holica Mt., tophill (825 m), Abieto-Fagetum, arboricol lichens on the Abies deadwood (15.9.1987) (22) 327-88* Holica Mt., western slope slightly above the foothill (480 m), litter of Fagus forest (21.8.1988) (23) 87-90 Holica Mt., above the foothill in Dunajec gorge (500 m), Abieto-Fagetum, litter (8.6.1990) (24) 88-90 Holica Mt., above the foothill in Dunajec gorge (500 m), litter of Fagus forest (8.6.1990) (f) Biela Skala Mt. (25) 171-87 Biela Skala, western slope in Dunajec river valley (500 m), litter of Picea, Fagus and Corylus (15.9.1987) (26) 172-87 Biela Skala (cote 834.2), northern slope (600 m), Fagus forest, litter (15.9.1987) (27) 180-87 Biela Skala (cote 834.2), northern slope (600 m), Fagus forest, mineral soil layer (15.9.1987) (28) 192-87* Biela skala (western slope), Cerla saddle (600 m), Fagus forest, litter (15.9.1987) (29) 322-88 Biela Skala, northern range (Barsztyg), northern slope of the valley near Huta (550 m), Abieto-Fagetum with Picea, litter (21.8.1988) (30) 323-88 Biela Skala, tophill (830 m), Pinus forest with Fagus and Picea, litter and upper soil layer (21.8.1988) (31) 324-88* Biela Skala, tophill (830 m), Pinus forest with Fagus and Picea, mosses on the rocks (21.8.1988) (32) 325-88* Biela Skala, southern slope (700 m), meadow with Juniperus, upper soil layer and rhisosphere (21.8.1988) (g) Haligovské skaly rocks – Plašná Mt. (33) 173-87 Haligovské skaly range, western peak (820 m), Picea forest with Fagus and Abies, litter and upper soil layer (15.9.1987) (34) 175-87 Haligovské skaly range, top (850 m), grassland with Juniperus and Sempervivum, primary soil and mosses on the rocks (15.9.1987) (35) 179-87 Haligovské skaly range, meadow on the ridge between Axamitka and Pod Plašnou saddle (840 m), litter and upper soil layer with rhisosphere (15.9.1987) (36) 181-87 Haligovské skaly range, northern slope under the saddle Pod Plašnou (800 m), shrubby vegetation with Salix and Corylus (18.4.1987) (37) 202-87* Axamitka range (850 m), Pinus forest, litter and upper soil layer (15.9.1987) (38) VM-07-88 Haligovské skaly, southern slope, grass rhisosphere, mosses and soil on the rocks (15.6.1988, lgt. Vlastimil Mikoláš) (h) Village of Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok up to Lesnické sedlo saddle (Mláčne) (39) 177-87 Lesnica, saddle south from the village on green tourist route (680 m), mountain meadow with Juniperus, litter and upper soil layer with rhisosphere (15.9.1987) (40) 193-87* Lesnica, Targov (Vyhliadka), northern slope south-west to the village (700 m), mixed forest above the village (Picea, Fagus), lichens on trees (15.9.1987) (41) 90-90 Lesnica, southern slope near the road above the village (580 m), rye field, upper soil layer (8.6.1990) (42) 91-90 Lesnica, southern slope near the road above the village (580 m), meadow, litter and upper soil layer (8.6.1990) (43) 92-90 Lesnica, western slope above the road curve above the village (640 m), mixed bush vegetation (Corylus, Carpinus, Rubus), litter (8.6.1990) (44) 93-90 Lesnica, Lesnické sedlo - Mláčne (710 m), meadow with orchids on small ridge, moss growths on the rocks and grass rhisosphere (8.6.1990) (45) 94-90 Lesnica, Lesnické sedlo - Mláčne (710 m), meadow with Juniperus, upper soil layer and grass rhizosphere (8.6.1990) (i) Range of Šafranovka Mt. – Lužná skala rocks (46) 328-88* Lužná skala, south-east slope (650 m), shrubland – mixed forest (Fagus, Picea, Cornus), litter (21.8.1988) (47) 329-88* Lužná skala, south-east slope (650 m), Pinus forest, litter and upper soil layer (21.8.1988) (48) 330-88* Lužná skala, south-east slope (650 m), mixed forest, rotting wood and mosses on the dead trunk of Sorbus (21.8.1988) (49) 302-89 Šafranovka Mt., western slope, rocks under the small top (592 m), mosses on the soil surface (9.9.1989) (50) 303-89 Šafranovka Mt., western slope, rocks under the small top (592 m), litter of mixed forest (Fagus, Picea, Abies) (9.9.1989) (j) Malé Pieniny range between Rabštín Mt. – Vysoké Skalky Mt. (51) LP-02-88 Vysoké skalky Mt., rocks on the top (1030 m), grassy vegetation with Cotoneaster, soil and grass rhisosphere on the rocks (25.8.1988) (52) 304-89 Rabštín – Šlachovky range, southern slope (800 m), litter of Pinus forest (9.9.1989) (53) 305-89 Rabštín – Šlachovky range, southern slope (800 m), litter of Pinus forest (9.9.1989) (54) 306-89 Rabštín – Šlachovky range, southern slope (800 m), Picea forest with Pinus, litter and upper soil layer (9.9.1989) (55) 307-89 Rabštín – Šlachovky range, southern slope (780 m), meadow with Juniperus under the edge of Pinus forest, upper soil layer and litter (9.9.1989) (56) 311-89 Vysoké Skalky Mt., western saddle – Kaprálová (935 m), mosses in a little peat-bog (9.9.1989) (k) Village of Stráňany, Kýčera Mt. southern slopes (57) 95-90 Stráňany, small rocky valley at southern slope of Kýčera Mt. (820 m), mixed forest (Fagus, Picea, Abies) with Asarum, moist litter (8.6.1990) (58) 96-90 Stráňany, small rocky valley at southern slope of Kýčera Mt. (820 m), primary soil and mosses on the rocks (8.6.1990) (59) 97-90 Stráňany, small rocky valley at southern slope of Kýčera Mt. (820 m), calcareous rocks, mixed forest (Fagus, Picea, Abies, Pinus), litter (8.6.1990) (II) Jarabinský prielom Nature Reserve (60) 50-89 Jarabinský prielom gorge (650 m), mosses, grass and soil on the rocks (26.3.1989) (61) 51-89 Jarabinský prielom gorge (650 m), mosses and soil on the rocks (26.3.1989) (62) 52-89 Jarabinský prielom gorge (650 m), wet mosses and soil on the rocks (26.3.1989) (63) 53-89 Jarabinský prielom gorge (650 m), Picea forest, litter and upper soil layer (26.3.1989) (64) 54-89 Jarabinský prielom gorge (650 m), Picea forest, rotten spruce stump with mosses, 1 m above the soil surface (26.3.1989) |
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Results |
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Altogether, 235 species were collected in the area, representing almost 50% of known Slovak oribatid fauna. From this amount, 231 species were found in the Pieniny National Park area, and 62 species found in natural reserve of Jarabinský prielom. Two species – Trichermaeus travei Miko, 1993 and Porobelba weigmanni Miko 2008 – were described as new for the science from Pieniny National Park. 7 species (Liochthonius tuxeni, Phthiracarus cf. italicus, Hoplophthiracarus illinoisensis, Arthrodamaeus reticulatus, Cultroribula confinis, Berninella latidens, Rhaphigneta numidiana and Oribatella cf. brevipila) were found for the first time in Slovakia and are new for Slovak fauna. 10 other species were found for second time in Slovakia. Some species were not determined to species level, further investigation is needed to clarify, if they represent new undescribed species or if they fall within the variability of known species. Overview of the species found: Brachychthoniidae Brachychthonius impressus Moritz, 1976 Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 individuals (further referred as ind.) found. Sellnickochthonius hungaricus (Balogh, 1943) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+). Eobrachychthonius oudemansi Van der Hammen, 1952 Kláštorná hora: (12) – 6 ind. Second record for the Slovak fauna. Liochthonius horridus (Sellnick, 1928) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 2 ind. Liochthonius lapponicus (Trägårdh, 1910) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind. Liochthonius muscorum Forsslund, 1964 Kláštorná hora: (12) – 2 ind. Liochthonius sellnicki (Thor, 1930) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 2 ind. Liochthonius strenzkei Forsslund, 1963 Poľana – Holica: (19) – 4 ind. Liochthonius tuxeni (Forsslund, 1957) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 2 ind. First record for the Slovak fauna. Poecilochthonius spiciger (Berlese, 1910) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+). Hypochthoniidae Hypochthonius rufulus C. L. Koch, 1835 Lesnica and Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 1 ind. Eniochthoniidae Hypochthoniella minutissima (Berlese, 1903) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 4 ind. Eulohmanniidae Eulohmannia ribagai (Berlese, 1910) Poľana – Holica: (22) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (39) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka-Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 3 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Perlohmanniidae Perlohmannia dissimilis (Hewitt, 1908) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind. Phthiracaridae Phthiracarus cf. crinitus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Lesnica - valley of Lesnický potok: (44) – 3 ind. Phthiracarus ferrugineus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; (3) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 2 ind. Phthiracarus cf. globosus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind. Phthiracarus cf. italicus (Oudemans, 1906) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (3) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (44) – 1 ind. First record for the Slovak fauna. Phthiracarus cf. laevigatus (C. L. Koch, 1844) Recorded earlier from Slovakia as P. nitens (Nicolet, 1855) and as P. parabotrichus (Feider et Suciu, 1957). Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 1 ind. Phthiracarus cf. longulus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (4) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (21) – 2 ind.; (22) – 3 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (56) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Second record from Slovakia. Phthiracarus stramineus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 1 ind. Second record from Slovakia. Steganacarus (s.str.) applicatus (Sellnick, 1920) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind. Second record from Slovakia. Steganacarus (s.str.) spinosus (Sellnick, 1920) Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); (21) – (+); (22) – (+); Biela Skala: (26) – 3 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 9 ind.; (36) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 5 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 2 ind. Steganacarus (Atropacarus) striculus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 10 ind.; (21) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); (29) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2. ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 2 ind. Hoplophthiracarus illinoisensis (Ewing, 1909) This species was earlier recorded as Calyptophtiracarus cretensis Mahunka, 1991 and corresponds to the central european species, which was erroneously determined as Hoplophthiracarus pavidus auct. Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (16) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 6 ind. First record for Slovak fauna. Euphthiracaridae Euphthiracarus cribrarius (Berlese, 1904) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Euphthiracarus monodactylus (Willmann, 1919) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Microtritia minima (Berlese, 1904) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Rhysotritia ardua (C. L. Koch, 1841) Poľana – Holica: (18) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Rhysotritia sp. Kláštorná hora: (16) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+). Mesotritia flagelliformis (Ewing, 1909) Reported previously as M. testacea (Forsslund, 1963). Kláštorná hora: (17) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind. Malaconothridae Malaconothrus monodactylus (Michael, 1888) Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (56) – 1 ind. Trhypochthoniidae Trhypochthonius tectorum (Berlese, 1896) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (9) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 7 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind. Nothridae Nothrus borussicus Sellnick, 1928 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 3 ind. Nothrus palustris C. L. Koch, 1839 Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 3 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 4 ind. Nothrus silvestris Nicolet, 1855 Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Camisia biurus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Poľana – Holica: (24) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Camisia biverrucata (C. L. Koch, 1839) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (51) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Camisia horrida (Hermann, 1804) Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (40) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 1 ind. Camisia segnis (Hermann, 1804) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (48) – (+). Camisia spinifer (C. L. Koch, 1835) Biela Skala: (31) – (+); Stráňany: (59) – 1 ind. Heminothrus targionii (Berlese, 1885) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (39) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 3 ind. Platynothrus peltifer (C.L.Koch, 1839) Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (21) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 2 ind.; (35) – 1 ind.; (36) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (39) – 25 ind.; (42) – 4 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind. Platynothrus capillatus (Berlese, 1914) Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (56) – 1 ind. Nanhermanniidae Nanhermannia coronata Berlese, 1913 Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (56) – 3 ind. Nanhermannia elegantula Berlese, 1913 Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+). Nanhermannia komareki Kunst, 1956 Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (54) – 1 ind. Nanhermannia nana (Nicolet, 1855) Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 4 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind. Hermanniidae Hermannia gibba (C. L. Koch, 1839) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 13 ind.; (20) – 2 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – 7 ind.; (48) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 8 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind.; (58) – 1 ind. Hermanniellidae Hermaniella dolosa Grandjean, 1931 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 3 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+). Neoliodidae Platyliodes scaliger (C. L. Koch, 1840) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 8 ind.; (37) – (+); (50) – 20 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (51) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 11 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind. Gymnodamaeidae Arthrodamaeus femoratus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (9) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 10 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind. Arthrodamaeus reticulatus (Berlese, 1910) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+). First record for Slovak fauna. Gymnodamaeus bicostatus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind. Licnodamaeidae Licnodamaeus pulcherrimus (Paoli, 1908) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+). Damaeidae Damaeus (s. str.) auritus C. L. Koch, 1835 Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (48) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 3 ind.; (54) – 2 ind.; (56) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 5 ind. Damaeus (s. str.) crispatus (Kulczynski, 1902) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+); Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (43) – 1 ind. Damaeus (s. str.) gracilipes (Kulczynski, 1902) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 1 ind. Damaeus (s. str.) riparius Nicolet, 1855 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (23) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind. Spatiodamaeus fageti (Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, 1957) Stráňany: (59) – 1 ind. Spatiodamaeus verticillipes (Nicolet, 1855) Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Spatiodamaeus sp. Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+). Single individual found differs from all known species of the genus, most probably species nova. Epidamaeus setiger (Kulczynski, 1902) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 11 ind; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Second record for Slovak fauna. Epidamaeus tatricus (Kulczynski, 1902) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); (11) – (+). Belba bartoši Winkler, 1955 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Belba corynopus (Hermann, 1804) Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+). Metabelba papillipes (Nicolet, 1855) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 31 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 27 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 2 ind. Metabelba propexa (Kulczynski, 1902) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (18) – 2 ind.; (22) – 2 ind.; (23) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 2 ind.; (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 6 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 6 ind. Except of classical form also several individuals with smaller and more gracile body were found. Study of the species variability would be necessary to decide if this could be different species. Metabelba pulverosa Strenzke, 1953 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 3 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (43) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 4 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (54) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind.; (64) – 15 ind. Metabelba sp. 1 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (23) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+). Species with very gracile body and very thin and long propodolateral apophyses. Most probably new, undescribed species. Porobelba spinosa (Sellnick, 1920) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – (+). Porobelba weigmanni Miko, 2008 Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; (15) – 1 ind. New species, significantly differing from P. spinosa, described from Pieniny (locus typicus). Cepheidae Cepheus cepheiformis (Nicolet, 1855) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (23) – 1 ind. Cepheus dentatus (Michael, 1888) Poľana – Holica: (23) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (29) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 1 ind. Tritegeus bisulcatus Grandjean, 1953 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 9 ind.; (23) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 4 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 5 ind.; (59) – 3 ind. Conoppia palmicincta (Michael, 1880) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+). Damaeolidae Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+). Hungarobelbidae Hungarobelba visnyai (Balogh, 1938) Kláštorná hora: (16) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 15 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 2 ind. Recorded as second finding in Slovakia. Ctenobelbidae Ctenobelba pectinigera (Berlese, 1908) Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Eremaeidae Eremaeus hepaticus C. L. Koch, 1835 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (7) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; (22) – 5 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (48) – (+); (50) – 2 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (53) – 6 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 6 ind.; (58) – 3 ind. Eueremaeus oblongus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Eueremaeus silvestris (Forsslund, 1956) The two species are very close to each other, and in our material several transitional forms were found. Possible synonymy needs to be evaluated by study of variability of characters. For the purposes of this work, they were counted together. Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 4 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (9) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – 3 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (18) – 3 ind.; Biela Skala: (31) – 4 ind.; (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 7 ind.; (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (48) – (+); (50) – 13 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 2 ind.; (51) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 4 ind. (59) – 3 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 8 ind. Tricheremaeus travei Miko, 1993 Kláštorná hora: (14) – 8 ind. (locus typicus); Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind. Species described from this territory and from Slanské vrchy. Zetorchestidae Microzetorchestes emeryi (Coggi, 1898) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. Caleremaeidae Caleremaeus monilipes (Michael, 1882) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Gustaviidae Gustavia fusifer (C. L. Koch, 1841) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (23) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (39) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+); (47) – (+); (49) – 1 ind.; (50) – 11 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (53) – 1 ind.; (54) – 1 ind.; (56) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 2 ind. Astegistidae Cultroribula bicultrata (Berlese, 1905) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Cultroribula confinis Berlese, 1908 Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (40) – (+). First record for Slovak fauna. Liacaridae Adoristes ovatus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (17) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 7 ind.; (23) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (29) – 1 ind.; (30) – 9 ind.; (31) – (+); (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 11 ind.; (54) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 1 ind. Liacarus coracinus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (6) – (+); (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (49) – 2 ind.; (50) – 1 ind., Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (51) – 19 ind.; (54) – 1 ind.; (56) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 3 ind. Xenillus discrepans Grandjean, 1936 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (22) – (+). Xenillus tegeocranus (Hermann, 1804) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 2 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (12) – 11 ind.; (15) – 1 ind.; (17) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+)Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 3 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 4 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind.; (59) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (64) – 1 ind. Peloppiidae Ceratoppia bipilis (Hermann, 1804) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; (2) – 2 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (43) – 2 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (49) – 3 ind.; (50) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 2 ind.; (55) – 3 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 3 ind.; (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 3 ind. Ceratoppia quadridentata (Haller, 1882) Poľana – Holica: (22) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; (16) – (+); (17) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – valley of Lesnický potok: (43) – 4 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 1 ind.; (50) – 2 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (52) – 2 ind.; (54) – 1 ind.; (55) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 4 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 3 ind.; (63) – 1 ind. Ceratoppia sexpilosa Willmann, 1938 Rabštín – Vysoké skalky: (55) – 2 ind. Carabodidae Carabodes areolatus Berlese, 1916 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Carabodes coriaceus C. L. Koch, 1835 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 3 ind.; (20) – (+); Stráňany: (57) – 5 ind.; (58) – 3 ind.; (59) – 2 ind. Carabodes femoralis (Nicolet, 1855) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 7 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind.; (63) – 10 ind. Carabodes labyrinthicus (Michael, 1879) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (18) – 5 ind.; (20) – (+); (21) – 2 ind.; Biela Skala: (28) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 2 ind.; (37) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (40) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 7 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; (59) – 1 ind. Carabodes marginatus (Michael, 1884) Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 14 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind. Carabodes ornatus Storkan, 1925 Lesnický potok gorge: (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 5 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 62 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind. Carabodes reticulatus Berlese, 1913 Biela Skala: (31) – (+). Carabodes rugosior Berlese, 1916 Biela Skala: (28) – (+). Carabodes willmanni Bernini, 1975 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (9) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 1 ind. Carabodes sp. Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+). Otocepheidae Dolicheremaeus sp. Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+). Tectocepheidae Tectocepheus minor Berlese, 1903 Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; (13) – (+). Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis Trägårdh, 1910 Lesnický potok gorge: (11) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 13 ind.; (44) – 7 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 3 ind.; (56) – 2 ind. Tectocepheus velatus velatus (Michael, 1880) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 23 ind.; (2) – 5 ind.; (4) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (14) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 13 ind.; Biela Skala: (26) – 2 ind.; (28) – (+); (31) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 3 ind.; (34) – 7 ind.; (35) – 3 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (41) – 5 ind.; (42) – 24 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 80 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 14 ind.; (59) – 6 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 22 ind.; (61) – 14 ind. Quadropiidae Quadroppia maritalis Lions, 1982 Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 4 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind. Quadroppia monstruosa Hammer, 1979 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 43 ind.; Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – 3 ind.; (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 ind.; (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 7 ind.; Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – (64); Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 1 ind. Quadroppia quadricarinata (Michael, 1885) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; (2) – 20 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 ind.; (17) – (1 aberrant individual labelled var. A); Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); (30) – 4 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (45) – 3 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 39 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 14 ind.; (59) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 2 ind.; (61) – 1 ind. Machuellidae Machuella cf. draconis Hammer, 1961 Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind. Oppiidae Dissorhina ornata (Oudemans, 1900) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 133 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (8) – (+); (9) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – 2 ind.; (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 2 ind.; Biela Skala: (28) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 2 ind.; (34) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (48) – (+); Stráňany: (58) – 9 ind.; (59) – 10 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 17 ind.; (61) – 2 ind.; (63) – 1 ind. Dissorhina tricarinatoides (Dubinina, 1966) Biela Skala: (30) – 11 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 49 ind. Berniniella bicarinata (Paoli, 1908) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 33 ind.; Biela Skala: (28) – 7 ind.; (30) – (38); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 1 ind. corresponding to B. latidens Subias, Rodriguez et Minguez, 1987, considered as variety of B. bicarinata; Stráňany: (57) – 2 ind. Berniniella hauseri (Mahunka, 1974) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+). Berniniella sigma (Strenzke, 1951) Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 1 ind. Microppia minus (Paoli, 1908) Šafranovka – Kláštorná hora: (17) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (30) – 4 ind.; Lužná skala: (50) – 53 ind. Oppiella (s. str.) acuminata (Strenzke, 1951) Biela Skala: (28) – (+). Oppiella (s. str.) falcata (Paoli, 1908) Biela Skala: (25) – 3 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 6 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (45) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 2 ind. Oppiella (s. str.) marginedentata (Strenzke, 1951) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 82 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); (30) – 19 ind.; (32) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (41) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 240 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind. Oppiella (s. str.) maritima (Willmann, 1929) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Oppiella (s. str.) nova (Oudemans, 1902) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 14 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 ind.; Biela Skala: (25) – 5 ind.; (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 2 ind.; (44) – 3 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 231 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 4 ind.; (59) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 2 ind. Oppiella (Moritzoppia) keilbachi (Moritz, 1969) Dunajec gorge-lower part (5) – (+); (7) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (22) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+). Oppiella (Moritzoppia) unicarinata (Paoli, 1908) Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); (24) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (43) – 1 ind.; (44) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Oppiela (Rhinoppia) fallax (Paoli, 1908) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 8 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); (24) – 1 ind. Oppiella (Rhinoppia) loksai (Schalk, 1966) Biela Skala: (25) – 3 ind.; (26) – 12 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 17 ind. Oppiella (Rhinoppia) obsoleta (Paoli, 1908) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (41) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 96 ind. Oppiella (Rhinoppia) similifallax (Subias et Minguez, 1986) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. Oppiella (Rhinoppia) subpectinata (Oudemans, 1900) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 5 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – 3 ind.; (11) – 2 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (12) – 24 ind.; (16) – (+); (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 15 ind.; (20) – (+); Biela Skala: (25) – 2 ind.; (26) – 2 ind.; (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; (38) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 216 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 4 ind.; (59) – 39 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 3 ind.; (62) – 1 ind. Ramusella furcata (Willmann, 1928) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 3 ind.; (44) – 4 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 1 ind. Ramusella insculpta (Paoli, 1908) Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind. Multioppia glabra (Mihelcic, 1955) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); (24) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind. Suctobelbidae Allosuctobelba grandis (Paoli, 1908) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Biela Skala: (26) – 1 ind.; (28) – (+). Suctobelbata prelli (Markel et Meyer, 1958) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Suctobelba altvateri Moritz, 1970 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 5 ind.; Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (16) – (+); Biela Skala: (25) – 3 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 16 ind. Suctobelba atomaria Moritz, 1970 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). Suctobelba regia Moritz, 1970 Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Biela Skala: (30) – 4 ind. Suctobelba trigona (Michael, 1888) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 19 ind.; Biela Skala: (25) – 6 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind. Suctobelbella acutidens (Forsslund, 1941) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 7 ind.; (2) – 16 ind.; Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – 2 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 7 ind.; Biela Skala: (25) – 6 ind.; Biela Skala: (26) – 58 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 6 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 60 ind.; (47) – (+). Suctobelbella arcana Moritz, 1970 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; (2) – 3 ind.; Biela Skala: (25) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (12) – 16 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 1 ind. Suctobelbella cf. carcharodon (Moritz, 1966) Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (56) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 8 ind. Suctobelbella forsslundi (Strenzke, 1950) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 7 ind. Suctobelbella nasalis (Forsslund, 1941) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 11 ind.; (2) – 6 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (12) – 8 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 13 ind. Suctobelbella perforata (Strenzke, 1950) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind. Suctobelbella sarekensis (Forsslund, 1941) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+). Suctobelbella subcornigera (Forsslund, 1941) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); (11) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 4 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+). Suctobelbella subtrigona (Oudemans, 1916) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind. Suctobelbella sp. Biela Skala: (26) – 13 ind. Autognetidae Autogneta longilamellata (Michael, 1885) Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+). Conchogneta dalecarlica (Forsslund, 1947) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (3) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (12) – 5 ind.; (13) – (+); (16) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 7 ind.; (20) – (+); Biela Skala: (25) – 5 ind.; (30) – 7 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 30 ind. Rhaphigneta numidiana Grandjean, 1960 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+). First record from Slovakia. Thyrisomidae Banksinoma lanceolata (Michael, 1885) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 3 ind. Oribella pectinata (Michael, 1885) Stráňany: (57) – 4 ind. Pantelozetes paolii (Oudemans, 1913) Kláštorná hora: (16) – (+); Biela Skala: (26) – 2 ind. Cymberemaeidae Cymberemaeus cymba (Nicolet, 1855) Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+). Micreremus brevipes (Michael, 1888) Poľana – Holica: (18) – 1 ind. Scutoverticidae Scutovertex minutus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 2 ind. Phenopelopidae Eupelops acromios (Hermann, 1804) Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (45) – 1 ind. Eupelops hirtus (Berlese, 1916) Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind. Second record for Slovakia. Eupelops occultus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Biela Skala: (30) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 3 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 14 ind.; (42) – 7 ind.; (43) – 1 ind.; (44) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (56) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Eupelops plicatus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); (15) – 8 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+). Eupelops subuliger (Berlese, 1916) Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 1 ind. Eupelops tardus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 15 ind. Second finding in Slovakia. Eupelops torulosus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (45) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 4 ind.; (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Peloptulus phaenotus (C. L. Koch, 1844) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 1 ind.; (44) – 2 ind. Achipteriidae Achipteria coleoptrata (Linné, 1758) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 2 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (12) – 14 ind.; (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 8 ind.; (21) – 2 ind.; (23) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (26) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 16 ind.; (35) – 9 ind.; (37) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 18 ind.; (42) – 61 ind.; (44) – 2 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+); (47) – (+); (50) – 31 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (53) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 2 ind.; (58) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 8 ind. Achipteria nitens (Nicolet, 1855) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 2 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 6 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 16 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 64 ind. Anachipteria deficiens Grandjean, 1932 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (3) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 5 ind., Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 4 ind. Parachipteria punctata (Nicolet 1855) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (15) – 19 ind.; Biela Skala: (31) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 28 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 2 ind.; (61) – 3 ind.; (63) – 34 ind.; (64) – 1 ind. Parachipteria willmanni van der Hammen, 1952 Biela Skala: (28) – (+). Tegoribatidae Lepidozetes singularis Berlese, 1910 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); (9) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (38) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (43) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 56 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Tegoribates latirostris (C. L. Koch, 1844) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 24 ind.; (44) – 2 ind. Second time recorded from Slovakia. Oribatellidae Oribatella berlesei Michael, 1898 Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 13 ind.; (13) – (+); Stráňany: (57) – 2 ind. Oribatella cf. brevipila Bernini, 1977 Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. This species was probably often recorded as O. berlesei. First record for Slovakia. Oribatella calcarata (C. L. Koch, 1835) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind.; (17) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 5 ind.; (21) – 2 ind.; (24) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (30) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 5 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 2 ind.; (58) – 6 ind. Oribatella dudichi Willmann, 1938 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Oribatella ornata (Coggi, 1900) Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind. Oribatella quadricornuta Michael, 1880 Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (40) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Oribatella sp. Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 17 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 17 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 4 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 3 ind. Galumnidae Acrogalumna longipluma (Berlese, 1904) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (8) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; (22) – (+); (24) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (53) – 2 ind.; (54) – 1 ind.; (55) – 1 ind.; (56) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 10 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Galumna cf. alata (Hermann, 1804) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Galumna elimata (C. L. Koch, 1841) Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (36) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (56) – 22 ind. Galumna lanceata (Oudemans, 1900) Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 1 ind.; (17) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (24) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind. Galumna tarsipennata Oudemans, 1914 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+). Pergalumna altera (Oudemans, 1915) Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Pergalumna nervosa (Berlese, 1914) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 3 ind.; (61) – 2 ind. Ceratozetidae Ceratozetes gracilis (Michael, 1884) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 12 ind.; Biela Skala: (26) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (38) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (50) – 6 ind.; Stráňany: (59) – 18 ind. Ceratozetes mediocris Berlese, 1908 Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 23 ind. Ceratozetes cf. peritus Grandjean, 1951 Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 3 ind.; (42) – 11 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (54) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 9 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 8 ind. Ceratozetella minima Sellnick, 1928 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (4) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 18 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 3 ind. Diapterobates humeralis (Hermann, 1804) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (7) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Biela Skala: (32) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (52) – 1 ind.; (53) – 3 ind.; (54) – 4 ind.; (55) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 2 ind. Trichoribates novus (Sellnick, 1928) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 1 ind. Trichoribates rotundatus Willmann, 1939 Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind. Trichoribates trimaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (56) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 1 ind.; (61) – 2 ind.; (62) – 1 ind.; (63) – 1 ind. Edwardzetes edwardsi (Nicolet, 1855) Poľana – Holica: (18) – 2 ind.; Biela Skala: (28) – (+). Fuscozetes fuscipes (C. L. Koch, 1844) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); (31) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. Fuscozetes setosus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Biela Skala: (30) – 11 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (18) – 2 ind.; (19) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 3 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 3 ind.; (64) – 1 ind. Melanozetes mollicomus (C. L. Koch, 1839) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Biela Skala: (28) – (+); (29) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 2 ind.; (50) – 17 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 1 ind.; (64) – 1 ind. Sphaerozetes piriformis (Nicolet, 1855) Kláštorná hora: (15) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 1 ind. Chamobatidae Chamobates borealis (Trägårdh, 1902) Kláštorná hora: (15) – 20 ind.; (17) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Biela Skala: (25) – 13 ind.; (26) – 24 ind.; (27) – 4 ind.; (28) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 10 ind.; (37) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (43) – 5 ind.; (44) – 165 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (47) – (+); (49) – 4 ind.; (50) – 13 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 15 ind.; (58) – 8 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 3 ind.; (64) – 1 ind. Chamobates cuspidatus (Michael, 1884) Kláštorná hora: (12) – 11 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; (23) – 7 ind.; (24) – 4 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (52) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 15 ind. Chamobates dentotutorii Shaldybina, 1969 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 4 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 2 ind. Second time recorded from Slovakia. Chamobates pusillus (Berlese, 1895) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (8) – (+); Biela Skala: (26) – 36 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (23) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind. Chamobates spinosus Sellnick, 1928 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (12) – 37 ind.; Biela Skala: (30) – 4 ind.; (32) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (45) – 4 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 6 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (55) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 1 ind.; (59) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Chamobates subglobulus (Oudemans, 1900) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+). Chamobates tricuspidatus Willmann, 1953 Poľana – Holica: (19) – 3 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (15) – 4 ind.; (17) – 3 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); Biela Skala: (30) – 19 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (49) – 2 ind.; (50) – 29 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (52) – 1 ind.; (53) – 4 ind.; (54) – 13 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 17 ind.; (58) – 4 ind.; (59) – 13 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (63) – 5 ind. Chamobates voigtsi (Oudemans, 1902) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok (10) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); (15) – 12 ind.; (16) – (+); (17) – 3 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (19) – 18 ind.; (20) – (+); (22) – (+); (23) – 2 ind.; (24) – 1 ind.; Biela Skala: (25) – 20 ind.; (27) – 6 ind.; (28) – (+); (29) – 1 ind.; (30) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (33) – 26 ind.; (37) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 56 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 24 ind. Mycobatidae Mycobates tridactylus Willmann, 1929 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 2 ind. Minunthozetes pseudofusiger (Schweizer, 1922) Biela Skala: (28) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 1 ind.; (63) – 1 ind. Minunthozetes semirufus (C. L. Koch, 1841) Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 5 ind. Punctoribates punctum (C. L. Koch, 1839) Poľana – Holica: (19) – 8 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 2 ind.; (41) – 6 ind.; (44) – 2 ind. Euzetidae Euzetes globulus (Nicolet, 1855) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (3) – 1 ind.; Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); (21) – (+); (24) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (53) – 1 ind.; (56) – 4 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 3 ind.; (42) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 3 ind. Haplozetidae Haplozetes elegans Kunst, 1977 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (7) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 1 ind.; (55) – 4 ind. Protoribates lophotrichus (Berlese, 1904) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 1 ind. Protoribates capucinus Berlese 1908 Dunajec gorge (lower part): (9) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 2 ind. Parakalummidae Neoribates roubali (Berlese, 1910) Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+). Scheloribatidae Liebstadia humerata Sellnick, 1928 Kláštorná hora: (15) – 2 ind.; Biela Skala: (26) – 1 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 2 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 2 ind.; (43) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 2 ind.; Stráňany: (58) – 2 ind. Liebstadia pannonica (Willmann, 1951) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 48 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (7) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (19) – 1 ind.; (21) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 1 ind.; (37) – (+); (38) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 2 ind.; (43) – 1 ind.; (44) – 5 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 5 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 1 ind. Liebstadia similis (Michael, 1888) Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 42 ind.; (42) – 29 ind.; (43) – 4 ind.; (44) – 2 ind.; (45) – 6 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 1 ind.; (53) – 3 ind.; (55) – 3 ind.; (56) – 7 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 1 ind.; (58) – 1 ind. Scheloribates (s. str.) labyrinthicus Jeleva, 1962 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (3) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (42) – 6 ind.; (44) – 3 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 2 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (60) – 7 ind. Scheloribates (s. str.) laevigatus (C. L. Koch, 1836) Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 5 ind.; (41) – 2 ind.; (42) – 6 ind.; (43) – 2 ind.; (44) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. Scheloribates (s. str.) latipes (C. L. Koch, 1844) Poľana – Holica: (20) – (+); (21) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind. Scheloribates (s. str.) pallidulus (C. L. Koch, 1840) Kláštorná hora: (13) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (35) – 2 ind. Scheloribates (s. str.) sp. 1 (?fimbriatus Thor, 1930) Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (51) – 1 ind. Scheloribates (Hemileius) initialis (Berlese, 1908) Biela Skala: (28) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 20 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 1 ind. Oribatulidae Phauloppia coineaui Travé 1961 Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (40) – (+). Phauloppia pilosa (Michael, 1888) Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (50) – 1 ind. Phauloppia sp. 1 Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+). Oribatula pannonica Willmann, 1949 Dunajec gorge (upper part): (2) – 35 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (6) – (+); Gorge of Lesnický potok: (11) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 5 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (43) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (62) – 3 ind. Oribatula tibialis (Nicolet, 1855) Dunajec gorge (upper part): (1) – 1 ind.; (3) – 1 ind.; Dunajec gorge (lower part): (5) – (+); (7) – (+); (9) – (+); Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+); (15) – 1 ind.; Poľana – Holica: (21) – (+); Biela Skala: (26) – 2 ind.; (28) – (+); (31) – (+); Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (34) – 12 ind.; (35) – 19 ind.; (37) – (+); Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (39) – 6 ind.; (42) – 12 ind.; (43) – 2 ind.; (44) – 9 ind.; (45) – 1 ind.; Šafranovka – Lužná skala: (46) – (+); (50) – 13 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (52) – 1 ind.; Stráňany: (57) – 23 ind.; (58) – 15 ind.; (59) – 25 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (61) – 37 ind.; (62) – 8 ind. Oribatula sp. 1 Kláštorná hora: (14) – (+). Oribatula sp. 2 Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (37) – (+). Zygoribatula exilis (Nicolet, 1855) Kláštorná hora: (17) – 2 ind.; Haligovské skaly – Plašná: (38) – 1 ind.; Lesnica – Lesnický potok valley: (44) – 1 ind.; Rabštín – Vysoké Skalky: (55) – 1 ind.; Jarabinský prielom: (64) – 1 ind. |
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Remarks and conclusion |
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Very high number of species (231 in Pieniny, 62 in Jarabinský prielom) in such a small territory demonstrated the extraordinary importance of Pieniny National Park for soil biodiversity. Even in comparison with other, larger protected areas of Western Carpathians, which were studied recently and which are also located on limestone bedrock, the number of species found is higher. In neighbouring limestone part of Tatra Mountains – in range of Belianske Tatry, Starý (1996) found 124 species. Intensively studied karst/limestone national parks of Hungary were also found very species rich. In Aggtelek National Park Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp (1999) documented 181 species, and Mahunka (1996) reported from Bükk national park 220 species, similar number as found in our study. Specific composition of the fauna and presence of some unknown and undescribed species may be related to several factors. First, despite of quite intensive research related to oribatid faunistics in Central Europe, Slovak part of Pieniny was never systematically researched until now. Also information about oribatid fauna of Polish part of Pieniny is restricted. Błaszak et al. (2000) recorded only 52 species from the territory. From the point of view of individual species, the species Hoplophthiracarus illinoisensis, recorded here for the first time for Slovak fauna, was already recorded (under Hoplophthiracarus pavidus) from Polish part. Second, habitats of Pieniny, also thanks to nature conservation and presence in area which is not favourable for intensive farming nor suitable for other development destructive to nature, remained well preserved and close to the natural state. Finally, geological conditions (carbonates enabling richer and more diverse vegetation cover) and geological past of territory, which was perhaps not glaciated during at least last ice-age, may contributed to the preservation of higher number of species. |
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