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Atropacarus schauenbergi (Mahunka, 1978)

Species occurs mainly in moist fern and leaf litter and humus in almost all vegetation zones

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Oribatida

Suborder
Euptyctima

Superfamily
Phthiracaroidea

Family
Phthiracaridae

Genus
Atropacarus

Species
schauenbergi

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz, Plaza Sur, San Cristobál, Floreana, Pinta, Isabela, 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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