†Neoliodes brevitarsus Woolley 1971
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Arachnida - Acariformes - Neoliodidae
Alternative combination: Scapheremaeus brevitarsus
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 Neoliodes according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Heethoff et al. 2009 and Woolley 1971
Sister taxa: Neoliodes dominicus, Neoliodes quadriscutatus
Type specimen: UCMP 12853, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5104, Las Cruces slide, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-5104, Las Cruces slide, Simojovel area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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