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Ceratozetes yupanqui Schatz, 2024

Ácaro, Mite

The species is found in moister habitats, decayed leaf litter and humus, grass litter, dry leaf litter, and decayed cactus litter.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Oribatida

Superfamily
Ceratozetoidea

Family
Ceratozetidae

Genus
Ceratozetes

Species
yupanqui

Taxon category: Accepted

As Ceratozetes sp. in Schatz 1998, p. 387

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzon, San Cristobal

References

  • Schatz, H. (2024) Some Ceratozetoidea species (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae, Humerobatidae) from the Galapagos Islands Acarologia, 64(2), 463-479.
  • 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, Ceratozetes yupanqui", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25339. Accessed 1 November 2026.