Arachnida - Acariformes - Archaeorchestidae
Alternative combination: Archaeorchestes minguezae
Full reference: A. Arillo and L. S. Subías. 2000. A new fossil oribatid mite, Archaeorchestes minguezae n. gen. n. sp. from the Spanish Lower Cretaceous amber. Description of a new family Archaeorchestidae (Acariformes, Oribatida, Zetorchestoidea). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84:231-236
Belongs to Strieremaeus according to E. A. Sidorchuk and R. A. Norton 2011
See also Arillo and Subías 2000
Sister taxa: Strieremaeus cordiformatus, Strieremaeus illibatus
Type specimen: MCNA 8866, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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