Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) cubana Calugar & Vasiliu 1977
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Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) cubana Călugăr & Vasiliu, 1977
Mesoplophora cubana: Illig et al. (2007); Scheu et al. (2008).
Mesoplophora cubana cubana: Marian et al. (2020).
Distribution: Neotropical: Antillas (Cuba), Ecuador.
Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve and Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro) and Loja (andean mountain region of the Loja valley).
Habitat: Bark, litter and the upper soil layer, especially from Graffenrieda emarginata litter. Litter fermentation layer. Soil and litter of pine (Pinus patula) and degraded forest.
References: Niedbała & Illig (2007a): 136; Niedbała & Illig (2007b): 772; Illig et al. (2007): 225; Scheu et al. (2008): 4; Illig et al. (2008): 164; Niedbała & Roszkowska (2016): 261; Marian et al. (2020): 7.
Remarks: Marian et al. (2020) possibly mistakenly reported the species as: Mesoplophora cubana cubana.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Calugar & Vasiliu
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Sarcoptiformes
- Family
- Mesoplophoridae
- Genus
- Mesoplophora
- Species
- cubana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) cubana Calugar, 1977 sec. Revelo-Tobar, 2022
References
- Illig, J., Sandmann, S., Schatz, H., Scheu, S. & Maraun, N. (2007) Oribatida (Mites) Checklist Reserva Biologica San Francisco (Prov. Zamora Chinchipe, S. Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs, 4, 221 - 230.
- Scheu, S., Illig, J., Eissfeller, V., Krashevska, V., Sandmann, D. & Maraun, M. (2008) The soil fauna of a tropical mountain rainforest in southern Ecuador: Structure and functioning. Biodiversity and Ecology Series, 2, 81 - 98.
- Marian, F., Ramirez-Castillo, P., Iniguez-Armijos, C., Gunter, S. M., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2020) Conversion of Andean montane forests into plantations: Effects on soil characteristics, microorganisms, and microarthropods. Biotropica, 52 (6), 1142 - 1154. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / btp. 12813
- Niedbala, W. & Illig, J. (2007 a) New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ecuador. Tropical Zoology, 20, 135 - 150.
- Niedbala, W. & Illig, J. (2007 b) Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Ecuador rainforest. Journal of Natural History, 41 (13 - 16), 771 - 777. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930701350159
- Illig, J., Schatz, H., Scheu, S. & Maraun, M. (2008) Decomposition and colonization by micro-arthropods of two litter types in a tropical montane rain forest in southern Ecuador. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 24, 157 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0266467407004750
- Niedbala, W. & Roszkowska, M. (2016) Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Ecuador (South America). International Journal of Acarology, 43 (3), 251 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647954.2016.1247910