Annectacarus mucronatus Grandjean, 1950

Distribution: Neotropical, India.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Santa Cruz, Floreana, Isabela).

Habitat: Isla Santa Cruz: near Puerto Ayora in dry zone, in moist leaf litter under Kalanchoe pinnota; transition zone around Caseta. Isla Floreana: cultivated area north of Cerro Pajas, under dead Psidium guajava, in rotten wood and moist humus. Isla Isabela: west of Puerto Villamil, littoral zone at flamingo lagoon behind village, moist, decayed grass litter of Sporobolus virginicus .

References: Schatz (1994a): 268; Schatz (1998): 380; Schatz (2006): 215.