Acrotritia ardua Koch, 1841

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 : 30-31

Acrotritia ardua Koch, 1841

Rhysotritia ardua : Ojeda (1983); Ojeda (1985); Palacios-Vargas et al. (1985); Hoffmann et al. (1986); Palacios-Vargas (1988); Palacios-Vargas et al. (1998); Vázquez (1999); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002); Hoffmann et al. (2004); Palacios-Vargas et al. (2016); Iglesias et al. (2019).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Records in Mexico: Colima, San Luis Potosi, Chiapas, Nuevo Leon, State of Mexico, Oaxaca, Baja California, Mexico City, Queretaro, Guerrero, Puebla, Jalisco, Morelos, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Hidalgo and Veracruz.

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

Habitat: Cave. Bat guano. Leaf litter ( Pinus cembroides ). Agricultural soils. Soil and litter of Astrocaryum mexicanum and Guarea glabra . Senecio praecox soil, moss, decaying trunk, mesophilic forest, low deciduous forest, soil in Agave plantations, bark, pasture. Quercus litter . Litter of Pinus oocarpa .

References: Ojeda (1983): 105–111; Ojeda (1985): 159; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1985): 139; Hoffmann et al. (1986): 152; Palacios-Vargas (1988): 157; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1998): 945; Vázquez (1999): 53–55; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 146; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 273; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Niedbała (2004): 49–50; Palacios-Vargas et al. (2016): 154; García (2017): 106–140; Villagomez et al. (2019): 14637; Iglesias et al. (2019): 4.