Galapagos Species Database
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Torpacarus remotus
Species restricted to the littoral zone, except for one record from the highlands of Floreana
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Suborder
Oribatida
Superfamily
Lohmannioidea
Family
Lohmanniidae
Genus
Torpacarus
Species
remotus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Sea-surface (Pleuston) transport of insects between islands in the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador. Annls. Entomol. Soc. Am. 87(5): 576-582.
- Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galápagos Islands - faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental & Applied Acarology 22: 373-409.
- Schatz, H. (1994) New Records of the Genus Torpacarus (Acari: Oribatida: Lohmanniidae) from the Galapagos Islands and Central America. Acarologia 35(2): 167-179.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Torpacarus remotus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13369. Accessed 31 October 2026.