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Plateremaeus costulatus Balogh & Mahunka, 1978

Distributed in arid vegetation zones

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Sarcoptiformes

Suborder
Oribatida

Superfamily
Plateremaeoidea

Family
Plateremaeidae

Genus
Plateremaeus

Species
costulatus

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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