Mochloribatula smithi Woolley 1971

Arachnida - Acariformes - Mochlozetidae

Alternative combination: Hydrozetes smithi

Full reference: T. A. Woolley. 1971. Fossil oribatid mites in amber from Chiapas, Mexico (Acarina : Oribatei = Cryptostigmata). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:91-99

Belongs to Mochloribatula according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Woolley 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 13529, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-7045, El Portugal landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7045, El Portugal landslide, Simojovel region

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