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Litoribates caelestis Pfingstl & Schatz 2017

Description

Litoribates caelestis Pfingstl & Schatz, 2017

Distribution: Neotropical.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Isla Bartolomé).

Habitat: Isla Bartolomé: Mangroves near Pinnacle Rock; littoral zone; leaf litter, sand, mud and moss under Maytenus octogona. Isla Santa Cruz: Puerto Ayora, near ‘Fragata’; littoral zone; leaf litter and soil under Rhizophora mangle.

References: Pfingstl & Schatz (2017): 49-59; Pfingstl & Baumann (2017): 115-131.

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 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Fortuyniidae
Genus
Litoribates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pfingstl & Schatz
Species
caelestis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Litoribates caelestis Pfingstl, 2017 sec. Revelo-Tobar, 2022

References

  • Pfingstl, T. & Schatz, H. (2017) New littoral mite species (Acari, Oribatida, Fortuyniidae) from the Galapagos archipelago, with ecological and zoogeographical considerations. Zootaxa, 4244 (1), 39 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4244.1.2
  • Pfingstl, T. & Baumann, J. (2017) Morphological diversification among island populations of intertidal mites (Acari, Oribatida, Fortuyniidae) from the Galaapagos archipelago. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 72, 115 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 017 - 0149 - 3