The extreme biodiversity of mites inhabiting the soil and litter of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) has yet to be documented by the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). At present, only four terrestrial mite species are officially listed in the inventory. I propose to collect mite specimens from historical ATBI sample residues and also from soil and litter samples representing several distinct forest and sub-alpine soil communities in the Park. I expect to identify many species from the four suborders of mites commonly found in the soil, especially Oribatida and Mesostigmata.

Collectors List: CollectorList.pdf

Family Count Graph: FamilyCountAcGraph.pdf

Project Information: ProjectInfo.pdf

Species Report: Taxonomy.pdf

Upper Taxa List: UpperTaxa.pdf

Principal Investigator

PI Name:  Mr. William N. Reynolds

PI Organization:  Formerly of University of Tennessee, Knoxville