To understand the community structure of soil fauna under Apple complex planting｛Malus -Brassica[MB]， Malus-Herbage[MH]，Malus -Wild[MW]，Malus -Zeamays[MZ]｝，the composition and characteristics of soil fauna community in apple orchards under the four combined planting modes were investigated by hand-picking method and improved dry-wet funnel method.A total of 57.33 animals/m 2soil was isolated under the four modes，belonging to 42 groups of 23orders，11 classes and 4phyla.The vertical distribution characteristics of individual density and population of soil faunaunder four intercropping patterns showed obvious aggregationcharacteristics.The horizontal distribution characteristics wereMH>MB>MW>MZ.The shannon -wienerindex，pielou index and simpson index of soil fauna were the highest and margalefindex was the lowest under MH intercroppingmode，which indicated that the effects of four intercropping modes on diversityof soil fauna in orchards weredifferent.The results can provide soil animal ecological basis for the biodiversity conservation of apple orchards in the gully region of the loess plateau.