Galapagos Species Database
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Torpacarus omittens galapagensis
Distributed in arid and moist vegetation zones
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Suborder
Oribatida
Superfamily
Lohmannioidea
Family
Lohmanniidae
Genus
Torpacarus
Species
omittens
Subspecies
galapagensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
- Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galápagos Islands - faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental & Applied Acarology 22: 373-409.
- Schatz, H. (1994) New Records of the Genus Torpacarus (Acari: Oribatida: Lohmanniidae) from the Galapagos Islands and Central America. Acarologia 35(2): 167-179.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Torpacarus omittens galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14122. Accessed 31 October 2026.