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Oxyoppia suramericana (Hammer, 1958)

Distributed in littoral, arid, transition and moist vegetation zones

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Sarcoptiformes

Suborder
Oribatida

Superfamily
Oppioidea

Family
Oppiidae

Genus
Oxyoppia

Species
suramericana

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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"Galapagos Species Database, Oxyoppia suramericana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14180. Accessed 4 November 2026.