Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer

• Main Author: Revelo-Tobar, Harol
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Phthiracaridae; Atropacarus; Atropacarus stilifer; Isla Bartolomé
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7345708; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5452D6EFF8EFFE276B2FB7755805A0B

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer (Hammer, 1961) Distribution : Pantropical. Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Santa Cruz, San Critóbal, Gardner, Floreana, Pinzón, Santiago, Bartolomé, Pinta, Isabela, Fernandina). Habitat: Isla Santa Cruz: littoral zone in Puerto Ayora, in algae; arid zone around P. Ayora and on N part of the island; transition zone on N part; fernsedge zone on Cerro Crocker. Isla San Cristóbal: Miconia zone in Encañada with small river SE of lake El Junco and cultivated areas near El Progreso. Isla Gardner near Española: arid zone. Isla Floreana: moist highland and cultivated areas between Cerro Pajas and Asilo de la Paz. Isla Pinzón: arid zone, SE slope and Central Valley and under Scalesia incisa. Isla Santiago: dry forest on W side. Isla Bartolomé: littoral zone, under mangroves. Isla Pinta: summit of the main crater, fern-sedge zone. Isla Isabela: Volcán Alcedo: upper arid zone, Volcán Sierra Negra: littoral zone near Puerto Villamil: arid zone between P. Villamil (muro de las lagrimas) and Quinta Playa, under Scalesia cordata, Pisonia floribunda, and Heliotropium angiospermum, transition zone, under Scalesia cordata and Sapindus saponaria. Isla Fernandina: Punta Espinoza, littoral zone, mangrove litter; W slope, in dry and humid zones and in fern-sedge zone. References : Niedbała & Schatz (1996): 273-274; Schatz (1998): 380. Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 22, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248