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Oribotritia didyma Niedbala & Schatz, 1996

Distributed in littoral, arid, transition and moist vegetation zones

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Oribatida

Superfamily
Euphthiracaroidea

Family
Oribotritiidae

Genus
Oribotritia

Species
didyma

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz, Floreana, Santa Fe, Isabela

References

Niedbala, W. Schatz, H. (1996) Euptyctimous mites from the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island, and Central America (Acari: Oribatida). Genus 7(2): 239-317.
Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galápagos Islands - faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental & Applied Acarology 22: 373-409.

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