Distribution and Ecological Niches of Gamasid Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) on Small Mammals in Southwest China

Table 2

Host ranges and niche breadth of 30 dominant gamasid mites species on 67 species of small mammal hosts.

Dominant gamasid mite species	Codes of the mites species	Number of mite individuals	Constituent ratios of the mites (%)	Number of infested host species (host ranges)	Niche breadths
Laelaps nuttalli	1	20248	25.06	28	0.0397
Laelaps echidninus	2	15840	19.61	23	0.0622
Laelaps guizhouensis	3	10444	12.93	17	0.0156
Laelaps turkestanicus	4	6429	7.96	31	0.0402
Laelaps traubi	5	4165	5.16	25	0.0448
Ornithonyssus bacoti	6	3340	4.13	15	0.0360
Laelaps chini	7	2734	3.38	28	0.0450
Dipolaelaps anourosorecis	8	2358	2.92	15	0.0165
Laelaps paucisetosa	9	1979	2.45	9	0.0154
Laelaps algericus	10	1933	2.39	6	0.0158
Hirstionyssus sunci	11	1099	1.36	27	0.0880
Laelaps xingyiensis	12	955	1.18	8	0.0163
Laelaps fukienensis	13	923	1.14	10	0.0343
Eulaelaps dremomydis	14	832	1.03	13	0.0163
Eulaelaps shanghaiensis	15	815	1.01	9	0.0175
Proctolaelaps pygmaeus	16	689	0.85	24	0.0842
Haemogamasus oliviformis	17	651	0.81	23	0.1475
Laelaps jettmari	18	422	0.52	11	0.0186
Laelaps jingdongensis	19	410	0.51	12	0.0381
Hypoaspis pavlovskii	20	391	0.48	27	0.1646
Laelaps liui	21	374	0.46	2	0.0156
Eulaelaps substabularis	22	369	0.46	19	0.0606
Haemolaelaps glasgowi	23	290	0.36	14	0.1027
Tricholaelaps myonysognathus	24	273	0.34	11	0.0230
Liponyssoides muris	25	244	0.30	7	0.0191
Eulaelaps huzhuensis	26	154	0.19	11	0.0731
Haemogamasus dorsalis	27	149	0.18	8	0.0429
Hypoaspis miles	28	138	0.17	17	0.0765
Hypoaspis lubrica	29	134	0.17	16	0.0420
Androlaelaps singularis	30	131	0.16	19	0.1566