Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in the Wigry National Park, North-East Poland

Detailed faunistic research of soil oribatid mites was caried out at 11 localities representing important forest types in the territory of Wigry National Park. Altogether 140 oribatid species were found in this territory, belonging to 42 families and 80 genera or subgenera; from them 127 oribatid species were found on the territory NP Wigry for the first time. Records of four species Brachychthonius impressus Moritz, 1976, Quadroppia monstruosa Hammer, 1979, Suctobelba regia Moritz, 1970 and Zetorchestes flabrarius Grandjean, 1951 are new for the fauna of Poland.