Belba 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 : 67

Belba sp.

Records in Mexico: San Luis Potosi, Mexico City, Morelos, State of Mexico, Veracruz, Puebla, Quintana Roo and Coahuila.

Biogeographic province: Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Veracruzan. Yucatan Peninsula. Chihuahuan Desert.

Habitat: Tillandsia sp. Tree canopy. Mangrove litter. Shrubland, Mezquital ( Prosopis glandulosa ); wet grassland, Tular ( Sporobolus / Distichlis ); desert shrub, Larrea ( Larrea tridentata / Fouquieria ); desert shrub, Sotol ( Dasylirion wheeleri ) and Peladero ( Sporobolus ) surrounded by areas of gypsum desert dunes with no vegetation cover. Moss. Litter in subtropical forest. Pasture and pine forest. Soil in coniferous forest.

References: Bonet (1953); Palacios-Vargas (1982): 137–143; Ojeda (1987): 7–8; Sánchez (1989): 91; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1998): 945; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 151; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 274; Palacios-Vargas et al. (2003): 290–291; Hoffmann et al. (2004): 259–260; Iglesias et al. (2008): 16–17; Vázquez (2008): 12; Salazar-Santana (2016): 71–72; Ojeda & Gasca-Pineda (2019): 35.