Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador
Author
Revelo-Tobar, Harol
0000-0001-5589-4804
hrevelo@earth.ac.cr
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-22
5210
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1
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Phthiracarus pygmaeus
Balogh, 1958
Distribution
: Pantropical.
Records in
Ecuador
:
Galápagos
(Isla Seymour Norte),
Cotopaxi
(
Reserve of Bosque Integral Otonga
, near San Francisco de las Pampas),
Pastaza
(
13 km
N from Shell, private reserve
Fundación de la Amazonia
, near the border with Llanganates Park) and
Zamora Chinchipe
(
San Francisco Biological Reserve
)
.
Habitat:
Arid zone in the interior of the island, under
Bursera malacophylla
and
Cryptocarpus pyriformis
; dry sandy litter and humus. Sifted litter. Primary forest, leaf litter. Leaf litter and forest soil.
References:
Niedbała & Schatz (1996)
: 262;
Schatz (1998)
: 380;
Illig
et al.
(2007)
: 226;
Niedbała & Ermilov (2014)
: 255;
Niedbała & Roszkowska (2016)
: 11.