【Objective】 The study was carried out to investigate the structural characteristics of soil faunal com ‐munities and the relationship between environmental factors and soil fauna of the poisonous grass Aconitum leucosto-mum,and to provide a theoretical basis for the protection of the ecosystem in Yili Valley.【Method】 The distributioncharacteristics of soil fauna communities of Aconitum leucostomum,as well as the distribution and changes of soilfauna in different soil layers were analyzed by One‐way ANOVA,least significant difference,and Pearson correlationanalysis in order to explore the. relationship between environmental factors and soil fauna communities.【Result】 Atotal of 2 593 individuals of soil fauna (including macro fauna and meso‐micro fauna) belonging to 2 phyla,4 classesand 15 orders were collected. The dominant groups were Oribatida and Hypogastruridae. The distribution of macrofauna of the Aconitum leucostomum showed a reverse distribution phenomenon,and the surface aggregation phenom ‐enon was found in meso‐micro fauna. Its community distribution varied seasonally. The soil fauna community was relatedto soil organic matter,total nitrogen,total potassium,ammonium nitrogen,rapidly available phosphorus,rapidlyavailable potassium and pH,of which soil organic matter and total nitrogen were strongly correlated with soil fauna.【Conclusion】 There are differences in the distribution of macro fauna and meso ‐ micro fauna,and soil fauna are tosome extent influenced by the distribution of Aconitum leucostomum.