Gamasid mites are free living predators of soil mites, collembolans, nematodes and other small insects in soil surface. We studied the faunal assemblages of gamasid mites in the severely disturbed mountain sites by fire. Total 12 families 55 species were found from this study. From all sites, species in the family of Parholaspidae were dominant; Holaspina alstoni and H. dentatus. Also, Rhodacarus dentitulatus was also abundant regardless of fire disturbance. In control site, Asca aphidioides was also abundant but not in any of the fire disturbed sites. The abundance was highest in control site followed by IC2, IT3 and lower in IT2 and IT1. Species richness was in the same order of abundance ranging from 2.6 to 12.8 per site. In all sites, species diversities were relatively low ranging from 0.6 to 1.7, but it was higher in control site and lower in IT1. Further discussion will be made on the recovery process of soil inhabiting mites.

• Chuleui Jung(School of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University)
• Tomasz Marquardt(Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)
• Slawomir Kaczmarek(Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)
• Hoonbok Yi(Seoul Women’s University)