Sphaerochthonius 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 : 25-26

Sphaerochthonius sp.

Records in Mexico: Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla, Campeche, Yucatan, Veracruz, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Queretaro and Hidalgo.

Biogeographic province: Balsas Basin. Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Sierra Madre del Sur. Yucatan Peninsula. Sierra Madre Oriental. Pacific Lowlands. Veracruzan. Chihuahuan Desert.

Habitat: Soil, litter and detritus in a cave. Guano in a cave. Soil and litter of fallow. Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation. Mangrove roots, moss. Leaf litter ( Pinus cembroides ). Pitfall traps in medium rainforest, Mangrove ( Conocarpus erectus ) and Ciricote ( Cordia dodecandra ). Litter and soil in acahual. Soil cave. Soil in acahual and coffee plantations. Xerophytic vegetation.

References: Palacios-Vargas & Morales (1983): 165; Palacios-Vargas (1983): 59; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1985): 139; Hoffmann et al. (1986): 196; Estrada-Venegas et al. (1988): 231; Palacios-Vargas (1988): 157; Palacios-Vargas (1993): 161; Zeppellini-Filho & Castaño-Meneses (1995): 10; Del Castillo & Castaño (1996): 34–35; Palacios-Vargas & Gamboa-Vargas (1997): 89; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1997): 35; Mejía-Ortíz et al. (1997): 26–28; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 145; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 272; Bernal-Rojas & Iglesias (2004): 57; Fuentes-Silva & Cutz-Pool (2004): 26; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2005): 27; Palacios-Vargas et al. (2006): 16; Marín-Castro (2006): 24–64; Bernal et al. (2009): 991; Vázquez (2008): 11; Alamilla-Pastrana et al. (2012): 52; Sánchez-Rocha (2014): 37–38; Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162; García (2017): 106–140.