Torpacarus remotus Schatz, 1994

Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, Zootaxa 5210 (1), pp. 1-96 : 11

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7345246
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scientific name	Torpacarus remotus Schatz, 1994
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Torpacarus remotus Schatz, 1994 View in CoL

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Santa Cruz, Floreana, Bartolomé, Sombrero Chino, Genovesa, Fernandina).

Habitat: Isla Santa Cruz: Puerto Ayora, littoral zone, under Rhizophora mangle , moist, decayed mangrove-leaf litter; littoral zone near Tortuga Bay, mangrove swamp around Rhizophora mangle and Avicennia germinans , in moist, mangrove leaf litter. Isla Floreana: below Cerro Pajas, under Croton scouleri var. brevifolius and Commelina diffusa , in well decayed moist, leaf litter and humus. Isla Bartolomé: littoral zone, under Laguncuiaria racemosa near Pinnacle Rock, in moist, mangrove leaf litter and humus. Isla Sombrero Chino: littoral zone, under Heliotropium angiospermium and Sesuvium edmonstonei , in moist, decayed leaf litter. Isla Genovesa: littoral zone in Darwin Bay, under Cryptocarpus pyriformis , in partially-decayed leaf litter and humus, moist. Isla Fernandina: Punta Espinosa, littoral zone, in moist mangrove leaf litter, under Rhizophora mangle . Litoral and moist zone.

References: Schatz (1994): 176-178; Schatz (1994a): 285; Schatz (1998): 381.