Annectacarus unilateralis Hammer, 1973

Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, Zootaxa 5210 (1), pp. 1-96 : 9

Annectacarus unilateralis Hammer, 1973

Distribution: Tropical.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Pinzón, Pinta, Isabela, Fernandina).

Habitat: Isla Pinzon: fern-sedge zone, in decayed litter and black humus. Isla Pinta: eastern slope of the main crater, Psychotria zone, in moist, deeper soil layers with roots. Isla Isabela, Volcán Alcedo; southwestern crater rim, Psychotria zone, in decayed fern litter of Preridium aquilinum ; near fumarole, moss from rocks; Volcán Sierra Negra, transition to Scalesia zone on the southern slope, moist moss and fern litter on a dead trunk of Scalesia cordata with Peperomia sp. ; under Sapindus saponaria , moist, decayed leaf litter between pieces of bark. Isla Fernandina: western part of the crater rim, in fumarole, wet fern litter and moss; Psychotria zone on western slope; in moist, decayed grass and fern litter from Pteridium aquilinum and Cyperus anderssonii .

References: Schatz (1994a): 268-270; Schatz (1998): 380.