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Torpacarus remotus Schatz 1994

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Torpacarus remotus Schatz, 1994

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Santa Cruz, Floreana, Bartolomé, Sombrero Chino, Genovesa, Fernandina).

Habitat: Isla Santa Cruz: Puerto Ayora, littoral zone, under Rhizophora mangle, moist, decayed mangrove-leaf litter; littoral zone near Tortuga Bay, mangrove swamp around Rhizophora mangle and Avicennia germinans, in moist, mangrove leaf litter. Isla Floreana: below Cerro Pajas, under Croton scouleri var. brevifolius and Commelina diffusa, in well decayed moist, leaf litter and humus. Isla Bartolomé: littoral zone, under Laguncuiaria racemosa near Pinnacle Rock, in moist, mangrove leaf litter and humus. Isla Sombrero Chino: littoral zone, under Heliotropium angiospermium and Sesuvium edmonstonei, in moist, decayed leaf litter. Isla Genovesa: littoral zone in Darwin Bay, under Cryptocarpus pyriformis, in partially-decayed leaf litter and humus, moist. Isla Fernandina: Punta Espinosa, littoral zone, in moist mangrove leaf litter, under Rhizophora mangle. Litoral and moist zone.

References: Schatz (1994): 176-178; Schatz (1994a): 285; Schatz (1998): 381.

Notes

Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5452D6EFF91FFFD76B2FBE752295AB2

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Lohmanniidae
Genus
Torpacarus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schatz
Species
remotus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Torpacarus remotus Schatz, 1994 sec. Revelo-Tobar, 2022

References

  • Schatz, H. (1994 a) Lohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida) from the Galapagos Islands, the Cocos Island, and Central America. Acarologia, 35 (3), 267 - 287.
  • Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galapagos Islands - Faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 22, 373 - 409. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1006097928124