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This 12-month study investigated mite infestation, community structure, seasonal dynamics, and climatic drivers on small mammal hosts in Jingha, southern Yunnan, China\u2013a known scrub typhus and HFRS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We calculated infestation metrics (prevalence [<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>], mean abundance [<jats:italic>MA<\/jats:italic>], mean intensity [<jats:italic>MI<\/jats:italic>], constituent ratio [<jats:italic>Cr<\/jats:italic>]) and community indices (richness [<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>], Shannon-Wiener diversity [<jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>], Pielou evenness [<jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>], Simpson dominance [<jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>]). Generalized additive models (GAMs) analyzed spatiotemporal and climatic patterns.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>From 2,424 small mammal hosts (15 species), we collected 142,471 mites (158 species). Chiggers (109 species, 109,093 individuals) significantly outnumbered gamasid mites (49 species, 33,378 individuals; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and showed greater richness (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic> = 9.31 vs. 4.61), diversity (<jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic> = 2.13 vs. 1.97). Rattus andamanensis was the dominant host. Chigger infestation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 86.14%, <jats:italic>MA<\/jats:italic> = 45.01, <jats:italic>MI<\/jats:italic> = 52.25) significantly exceeded gamasid mites (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 67.16%, <jats:italic>MA<\/jats:italic> = 13.77, <jats:italic>MI<\/jats:italic> = 20.50; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), particularly on female and adult hosts. Four species dominated (<jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 65.40%): chiggers <jats:italic>Walchia micropelta, Ascoschoengastia indica, Leptotrombidium deliense<\/jats:italic>, and gamasid mite <jats:italic>Laelaps nuttalli<\/jats:italic>. Primary vectors among 23 species included chiggers <jats:italic>L. deliense, A. indica, L. scutellare<\/jats:italic>, and gamasid <jats:italic>Laelaps echidninus<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub> = 38.46%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Community indices fluctuated monthly without distinct peaks, while dominant species abundances varied significantly. Climatic factors exerted species-specific effects: <jats:italic>L. deliense<\/jats:italic> peaked in July (30.0 mites\/host; 95% CI: 29.2\u201330.8) coinciding with maximal temperatures, while <jats:italic>A. indica<\/jats:italic> peaked in August (25.1 mites\/host; 95% CI: 24.5\u201325.8), lagging peak rainfall. Non-overlapping confidence intervals indicated temporal niche separation between species. Mite-mite networks revealed positive intragroup correlations but no significant intergroup correlations. Host-mite networks demonstrated low host specificity: individual hosts harbored multiple mite species, and individual mite species parasitized multiple hosts. 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