†Benoibates chiapasensis Woolley 1971 (oribatid mite)
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Arachnida - Acariformes - Oripodidae
Alternative combination: Exoripoda chiapasensis
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 Benoibates according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Woolley 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 13530, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-7047, Simojovel, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the Mazantic Shale Formation of Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7047, Simojovel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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