Checklist of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) From Mexico
HAROL REVELO-TOBAR,
MARGARITA OJEDA,
LEONARDO J. GARCÍA-AYALA
et al.
Abstract:The Checklist of Oribatida from Mexico includes all known records to date, resulting in 768 species included in 378 genera from 117 families and 43 superfamilies. Records of nine fossil species from Lower Miocene amber (23 Ma) from Chiapas are included. Records are given for 12 of the biogeographic provinces proposed for the country, covering most of the Mexican states (except Sonora, Sinaloa and Tlaxcala), and therefore Mexico ranges among regions with a high species diversity, like Japan (833), India (789), … Show more
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