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Sphaerochthonius splendidus (Berlese, 1904)

Distributed in littoral, arid, transition and moist vegetation zones

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Sarcoptiformes

Suborder
Oribatida

Superfamily
Cosmochthonioidea

Family
Sphaerochthoniidae

Genus
Sphaerochthonius

Species
splendidus

Taxon category: Accepted

References

Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galápagos Islands - faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental & Applied Acarology 22: 373-409.

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