Atropacarus spp.

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 : 40

Atropacarus spp.

Hoplophorella sp. : Palacios-Vargas (1981); Ojeda (1983); Palacios-Vargas (1985); Hoffmann et al. (1986); Palacios-Vargas (1988); Palacios-Vargas (1993); Prieto & Vázquez (1996); Palacios-Vargas & Gamboa-Vargas (1997); Vázquez & Prieto (2001); Iglesias et al. (2008); Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009); Vázquez et al. (2011); Salazar-Santana (2016); Villagomez et al. (2017); Villagomez et al. (2019); Ibarra-Garibay (2021); Revelo-Tobar et al. (2022): 2; García-Ayala (2024): 54–55.

Hoplophorella spp. 1 –3: Ojeda (1983); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002).

Records in Mexico: Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, State of Mexico, Colima, Jalisco, State of Mexico; San Luis Potosi, Guerrero, Yucatan, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Guerrero, Michoacan and Veracruz.

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

Habitat: Soil, litter and detritus of a cave. Guano in a cave. Soil and litter of Astrocaryum mexicanum and Guarea glabra . Moss. Collected on epiphytes: Aechmea bracteata growing on Haematoxylum campechianum and Metopium brownei . Soil and litter outside a cave. Litter in alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) plantations. Pinus michoacana and Quercus rugosa forest. Low flooded rainforest. Low deciduous forest, decaying trunks, coffee leaf litter, mesophilic forest. Xerophytic shrub, composed mainly of succulents and cacti ( Myrtillocactus geometrizans ).

References: Bonet (1953); Palacios-Vargas (1981): 64–65; Palacios-Vargas (1983): 59; Ojeda (1983): 41–56; Palacios-Vargas (1985): 47–110; Hoffmann et al. (1986): 152; Palacios-Vargas (1988): 157; Palacios-Vargas (1993): 161; Prieto & Vázquez (1996): 15; Palacios-Vargas & Gamboa-Vargas (1997): 89; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 146; Vázquez & Prieto (2001): 78–79; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 273; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Iglesias et al. (2008): 16–17; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009): 17–19; Vázquez et al. (2011): 53; Salazar-Santana (2016): 71–72; Villagomez et al. (2017): 30; Villagomez et al. (2019): 14637; Ibarra-Garibay (2021): 63; Revelo-Tobar et al. (2022): 2; García-Ayala (2024): 54–55.