Galapagos Species Database

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Rhysotritia ejuncida Niedbała & Schatz, 1996

Known only as a single specimen from the Galápagos Islands. Probable endemic. Distributed in transition vegetation zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Sarcoptiformes

Suborder
Oribatida

Superfamily
Euphthiracaroidea

Family
Euphthiracaridae

Genus
Rhysotritia

Species
ejuncida

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: 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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