Phthiracarus sp.

Revelo-Tobar, Harol, Ojeda, Margarita, García-Ayala, Leonardo J. & Palacios-Vargas, José G., 2024, Checklist Of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico, Zootaxa 5465 (1), pp. 1-178 : 37

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scientific name	Phthiracarus sp.
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Phthiracarus sp.

Hoploderma : Hammer (1969).

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) sp.: Tome et al. (2015).

Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) sp.: Ojeda (1983).

Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Queretaro.

Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula, Sierra Madre Oriental. Veracruzan.

Habitat: Orchids, ferns, and Sphagnum . Littoral zone. Soil and litter in a cave. Low flooded rainforest.

References: Hammer (1969): 67; Ojeda (1983): 57–66; Lazcano (1986): 25; Vázquez (1993): 397; Vázquez & Prieto (2001): 78–79; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009): 17–19; Tome et al. (2015): 60; Vázquez et al. (2016): 19.

Remarks: Hammer (1969) does not provide the exact location of the collection site for his species reports.