Aphelacarus Grandjean, 1932

Manzo, Rosa M., Rizzuto, Susana & Martínez, Pablo A., 2019, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, Zootaxa 4686 (2), pp. 241-252 : 245

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ADFF2FAD-11C6-4B12-81EB-EF5C401958F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D08789-4C5D-FFFA-B88F-F9F0FD34F4DD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aphelacarus Grandjean, 1932
status

Treatment

Aphelacarus acarinus (Berlese, 1910)

Material examined: Esquel: bare soil (8), Adesmia campestris (3), Stipa sp. (3), Mulinum spinosum (17), Chuquiraga aurea (3), Senecio filaginoides (1), Gobernador Costa: bare soil (8), Junellia patagonica (22), Mulinum spinosum (15), Stipa sp. (11), Alto Rio Senguer: bare soil (12), Senecio filaginoides (18), Mulinum spinosum (22), Stipa sp. (1), Junellia patagonica (6), Berberis heterophylla (6).The species was found in grass steppe and shrub steppe.

Records in Argentina: Buenos Aires ( Fredes 2018).

Comments: the distribution of species is semi-cosmopolitan (Holartic, Ethiopia and Neotropical) ( Subías 2004, update 2018). First record for the province of Chubut.