Tectocepheus velatus Michael 1880

• Main Authors: Kun, Marcelo E., Martínez, Pablo A., Gonzalez, Alda
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Tectocepheidae; Tectocepheus; Tectocepheus velatus; Patagonia; Argentina; Misiones; Martínez; Gonzalez; Pablo; Gutiérrez; Balcón; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5661364; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661364

Tectocepheus velatus (Michael, 1880) Specimens examined: Cerro Otto - under A. chilensis, leaf litter XI- 2006 (121 i, 32 a), III- 2007 (7 i, 18 a), soil XI- 2006 (2 a), III- 2007 (3 i, 1 a), LLao LLao - under N. dombeyi, leaf litter XI- 2006 (13 a, 6 i), III- 2007 (17 a, 14 i), soil XI- 2006 (2 a, 6 i), Balcón Gutiérrez - under N. dombeyi, leaf litter III- 2008 (7 a), Cerro P. Laguna - under N. antarctica, leaf litter XI- 2006 (48 a, 38 i), III- 2007 (1 a, 2 i), soil (1 a, 3 i) XI- 2006. Distribution: Originally described from England. Previously reported from the Falkland Islands (Starý & Block 1996). Although the genus Tectocepheus was recorded in Argentina no assignment to species or subspecies was given (Hammer 1958; Hammer 1962 b; Baranek 1988; Salazar Martínez et al. 2007) until recently when T. minor was recorded in the province of Buenos Aires (Fredes & Martínez 2008) and T. velatus in the province of Misiones (Martinez et al. 2009). First record for the province of Rio Negro. Published as part of Kun, Marcelo E., Martínez, Pablo A. & Gonzalez, Alda, 2010, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus forests of Northwestern Patagonia (Argentina), pp. 22-42 in Zootaxa 2548 on page 36, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.196766