Aphelacarus 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 : 8-9

Aphelacarus sp.

Records in Mexico: Puebla, Campeche, Morelos, Veracruz, Queretaro, Coahuila, Hidalgo and Baja California Sur.

Biogeographic province: Chihuahuan Desert. Sierra Madre Oriental. Yucatan Peninsula. Balsas Basin. Veracruzan.

Habitat: Shrubland, Mezquital ( Prosopis glandulosa ); wet grassland, Tular ( Sporobolus / Distichlis ); desert shrub, Larrea ( Larrea tridentata / Fouquieria ); desert shrub, Sotol ( Dasylirion wheeleri ) and Peladero ( Sporobolus ) surrounded by areas of gypsum desert dunes with no vegetation cover. Leaf litter (of various species) and soil of the Tehuacan Valley. Cave. Soil and guano. Xerophytic vegetation. Xerophytic shrub, composed mainly of succulents and cacti ( Myrtillocactus geometrizans ).

References: Hoffmann et al. (1986): 134; Estrada-Venegas & Sánchez (1986): 34–144; Estrada-Venegas et al. (1988): 231; Palacios-Vargas & Gamboa-Vargas (1997): 89; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 143; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 272; Sánchez-Rocha (2014): 37–38; Ojeda & Gasca-Pineda (2019): 35. García-Ayala (2024): 54–55.