Galapagos Species Database
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Atropacarus stilifer
Species occurs in all vegetation zones.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Oribatida
Suborder
Euptyctima
Superfamily
Phthiracaroidea
Family
Phthiracaridae
Genus
Atropacarus
Species
stilifer
Taxon category: Accepted
Distribution: Santa Cruz, San Cristobál, Gardner, Floreana, Santiago, Bartolomé, Pinta, Fernandina
- 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, Atropacarus stilifer", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13389. Accessed 31 October 2026.