Haplochthonius 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 : 23

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5465.1.1

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scientific name

Haplochthonius sp.
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Haplochthonius sp.

Records in Mexico: Puebla, Coahuila, Baja California, Queretaro and Durango.

Biogeographic province: Balsas Basin. Baja Californian. Chihuahuan Desert. Sierra Madre Occidental. Sierra Madre Oriental.

Habitat: Leaf litter (of various species) and soil of the Tehuacan Valley. Leaf litter and soil with biological crusts. 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. Associated with nests of Neotoma albigula ( Rodentia : Muridae ). Xerophytic vegetation.

References: Estrada-Venegas & Sánchez (1986): 34–144; Estrada-Venegas et al. (1988): 231; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 144; Montiel-Parra et al. (2001): 590–591; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 272; Sánchez-Rocha (2014): 37–38; Villarreal-Rosas et al. (2014): 517; Ojeda & Gasca-Pineda (2019): 35.

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