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
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2
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journal article
25230
10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.4
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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.