Oppia 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 : 102

Oppia sp.

Records in Mexico: Morelos, Guerrero, Chiapas, Mexico City, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Quintana Roo, State of Mexico, Queretaro, Veracruz and Oaxaca.

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

Habitat: Soil and litter outside a cave. Bat guano. Leaf litter (of various species) and soil of the Tehuacan Valley. Littoral zone. Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation. Pasture. Moss. Soil in coniferous forest.

References: Hammer (1969): 71; Palacios-Vargas & Morales (1980 a): 72; Palacios-Vargas (1982): 537–543; Palacios-Vargas & Morales (1983): 165; Riverón (1985): 123; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1985): 139; Estrada-Venegas & Sánchez (1986): 34–144; Hoffmann et al. (1986): 109; Lazcano (1986): 25; Palacios-Vargas (1988): 157; Sánchez (1989): 91; Quintero & Acevedo (1989): 89; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 156; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 274; Vázquez & Prieto (2001): 78–79; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009): 17–19; Tome et al. (2015): 60; Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162.

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