Comparative morphology and species-groups of the oribatid mite genus Scapheremaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Cymbaeremaeidae), with new species from South Australia
Author
Colloff, Matthew J.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2213
1
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189889
7c58cedf-db25-472b-bfd5-1d75055e08e7
1175-5326
189889
Scapheremaeus palaciosi
Ríos, 1996
Scapheremaeus
sp.: Norton & Palacios-Vargas, 1996, 87.
Scapheremaeus palaciosi
Ríos, 1996
, 237, figs. 1–8.
Type
depository:
Microarthropod collection, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonómia de
México
.
Type
locality:
“Los Dínamos”,
Mexico
City; Popocatépetl Volcano; Nexapa, Amecameca,
MEXICO
.
Habitat:
mosses (“Los Dínbamos”; Ríos, 1996), epiphytic mosses and lichens (Popocatépetl; Norton & Palacios-Vargas,
1996), soil under
Pinus hartureguii
(Nexapa; Ríos, 1996).
Remarks:
Norton & Palacios-Vargas (1987) consider this species to be specific to corticolous epiphytes (as opposed to underlying soil and leaf litter) at Popocatépetl.