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 Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841 Steganacarus (Atropacarus) striculus (C.L. Koch, 1836) Distribution: Holarctic; Hawaii Habitat: moist to wet forest, meadow- and bogsoils Obergurgl area: Nardetum at 2300 m (Schönwieskopf) Steganacarus (Atropacarus) wandae Niedbala, 1981 Distribution: Switzerland , France , Spain , Great Britain , Denmark , Poland , Austria Habitat: open forests? Obergurgl area: Caricetum at 2600 m (Hohe Mut) Phthiracarus globosus (C.L. Koch, 1841) Distribution: Holarctic Habitat: forest soils, also arboricolous Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald) Nomenclatural remark: Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) globosus (Koch, 1841) according to Subías (2012) Phthiracarus laevigatus (C.L. Koch, 1841) Distribution: Palaearctic: Europe, North Africa, Caucasia, East Asia ; St. Helena Habitat: preferably in dry habitats, in forests, moss, also on wood Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)