Biodiversity of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) along an altitudinal gradient in the Central Alps Author Fischer, Barbara M. Author Schatz, Heinrich text Zootaxa 2013 3626 4 429 454 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.2 c44b4b59-b563-465c-bd4b-0c3b4a8c90bc 1175-5326 216337 6D8C178A-C46B-4595-84F5-9D732CBAF7C8 Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916 Malaconothrus monodactylus (Michael, 1888) Distribution: Holarctic Habitat: mainly in moist to wet meadow-, bog- and forest-soils Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald), Nardetum at 2300 m (Schönwieskopf); previous studies: 1960–1980 m (moist meadows) (sub. M. globiger , regarding synonymy see Weigmann 2006)