Protoribates 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 : 139

Protoribates sp.

Protoribates (Protoribates) sp.: García (2017).

Xylobates sp. : Zeppellini-Filho & Castaño-Meneses (1995); Hoffmann et al. (2004); Iglesias et al. (2019); Figueroa (2021).

Records in Mexico: Yucatan, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Puebla, Hidalgo and Morelos.

Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula. Sierra Madre del Sur. Sierra Madre Oriental. Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Balsas Basin.

Habitat: Alocasia , orchid and bromelia plants. Soil and litter of fallow, cloud mountain forest and coffee plantations. Leaf litter ( Pinus cembroides ). Agricultural soil. Soil and litter in a deciduous forest. Soil and litter outside a cave. Litter in alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) plantations.

References: Hammer (1969): 74; Zeppellini-Filho & Castaño-Meneses (1995): 9; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 275; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Marín-Castro (2006): 24–64; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009): 17–19; Bernal et al. (2009): 992; Salazar-Santana (2016): 71–72; García (2017): 106–140; Iglesias et al. (2019): 4; Figueroa (2021): 53–54.

Remarks: Hammer (1969) does not provide the exact location of the collection site for his species reports.