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Indotritia retusa Niedbala & Schatz, 1996

Found in moderatly moist leaf and fern litter, but is also frequent in moss

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Oribatida

Superfamily
Euphthiracaroidea

Family
Oribotritiidae

Genus
Indotritia

Species
retusa

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz, San Cristobál, Floreana, Pinzón, Fernandina

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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"Galapagos Species Database, Indotritia retusa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13374. Accessed 31 October 2026.