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 1 1 96 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1 journal article 197533 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1 5e6d4f27-4624-41d0-8cb5-8850045fb47c 1175-5326 7345248 A4E9CE9B-C515-42E9-88E2-19D1BF58D3E8 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.