Torpacarus remotus Schatz 1994
- Dataset
- Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Sarcoptiformes
- family
- Lohmanniidae
- genus
- Torpacarus
- species
- Torpacarus remotus
distribution
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.
Name
- Homonyms
- Torpacarus remotus Schatz 1994