Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Patagonian steppe, Argentina Author Manzo, Rosa M. Author Rizzuto, Susana Author Martínez, Pablo A. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-10-15 4686 2 241 252 journal article 25230 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.4 a3786cbe-3bd3-4faf-bef4-4622ba2f7373 1175-5326 3490127 ADFF2FAD-11C6-4B12-81EB-EF5C401958F6 Cosmochthonius Berlese, 1910 Cosmochthonius plumatus suramericanus Hammer, 1958 Material examined: Esquel: Mulinum spinosum (4), Adesmia campestris (5), Gobernador Costa : Mulinum spinosum (1), Alto Rio Senguer: bare soil (1). The species was only recorded under shrub steppe. Records in Argentina : Salta ( Fredes 2018 ). Comments: the distribution of species is Neotropical, U.S.A. ( New Mexico ), and India ( Tripura ) ( Subías 2004 , update 2018). First record for the province of Chubut.