Carabodes tyrrhenicus Salomone , Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini, 2003

Migliorini, Massimo, 2009, Oribatid mite (Arachnida: Oribatida) coenoses from SW Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 8-37 : 19

31. Carabodes tyrrhenicus Salomone, Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini, 2003

( Fig. 1 a)

Carabodes tyrrhenicus: Salomone, Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini 2003 , 126–130, figs 3–4.

Material examined. C75: 24.V.2006 (1).

Geographic distribution. Tyrrhenian. Carabodes tyrrhenicus has been collected from the Sicilian Channel (Pantelleria island), the Aeolian islands (Sicily), Corsica and the Tuscan Arcipelago. This species seems to be the most common Carabodes species in Sardinia.

Notes. Carabodes tyrrhenicus is usually found in humus and litter, but also in moss on the ground and on rocks.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Oribatid mites from a cork oak woodland (Sardinia, Villacidro, Cucurru sa Rideli). a. Carabodes tyrrhenicus Salomone Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini, 2003, scale bar: 0.2 mm. b. Passalozetes africanus Grandjean, 1932, scale bar: 0.1 mm.