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Tecteremaeus incompletus Mahunka, 1988 Distribution: Eastern (Borneo, Vietnam), Ecuador. Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve). Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis and Mollinedia sp. Habitat: Litter and soil from Graffenrieda emarginata. Abandoned pasture soil. References: Pachl et al. (2017): 312; Ramírez-Castillo et al. (2018): 39-40; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270., Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248, {"references":["Pachl, P., Lindl, A. C., Krause, A., Scheu, S., Schaefer, I. & Maraun, M. (2017) The tropics as an ancient cradle of oribatid mite diversity. Acarologia, 57 (2), 309 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / acarologia / 20164148","Ramirez-Castillo, P., Marian, L., Marian, F., Gunter, S., Espinosa, C. I., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2018) Response of oribatid mites to reforestation of degraded tropical montane pastureland. European Journal of Soil Biology, 84, 35 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ejsobi. 2017.09.009","Marian, F., Sandmann, D., Krashevska, V., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2018) Altitude and decomposition stage rather than litter origin structure soil microarthropod communities in tropical montane rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 263 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. soilbio. 2018.07.017"]}

Arceremaeus incaensis Hammer, 1961 Arceremaeus cf. incaensis: Illig et al. (2007). Distribution: Neotropical (Peru, Ecuador). Records in Ecuador: Pichincha (Pasochoa National Park, Quito) and Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve). Habitat: Hillside 150 m above the stream. Fern stems from shrubby secondary forest. References: P. Balogh (1988): 323; Illig et al. (2007): 228., Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248, {"references":["Illig, J., Sandmann, S., Schatz, H., Scheu, S. & Maraun, N. (2007) Oribatida (Mites) Checklist Reserva Biologica San Francisco (Prov. Zamora Chinchipe, S. Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs, 4, 221 - 230.","Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1988) Oribatid mites of the Neotropical Region I. 3 rd Edition. Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc., Amsterdam. 355 pp."]}

The present checklist of the oribatid mites compiles all known published records of Ecuador with 479 species belonging to 232 genera and 89 families; 180 of these species were described from Ecuador. Oribatid mites were found in 15 of the 24 provinces that conform the Ecuadorian territory. In the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe, Galápagos, Loja, Cotopaxi, Pichincha and Napo, 95% of the species were recorded. 23.6% of these species are known only from Ecuador, 47.8% are distributed in Neotropical region, the remaining are Pantropical, semicosmopolitan and cosmopolitan. This high number of species makes Ecuador the country with the second largest number of species records in Latin America after Brazil.

Tecteremaeus cornutus Hammer, 1961 Distribution: Neotropical (Peru, Ecuador), Philippines, East Asian Russia. Records in Ecuador: Pichincha (Between Quito and Nono, 3 to 8 km to Nono and Pasochoa National Park) and Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve and Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro) and Loja (Podocarpus National Park-Cajanuma). Habitat: Moss from stems of shrubs from about 30 m above creek level. Moss hanging from rock at a small waterfall, about 50 m above the river. Litter and soil from a forest patch. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis and Mollinedia sp. References: P. Balogh (1988): 323; Maraun et al. (2013): 187; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270., Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248, {"references":["Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1988) Oribatid mites of the Neotropical Region I. 3 rd Edition. Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc., Amsterdam. 355 pp.","Maraun, M., Fronczek, S., Marian, F., Sandmann, D. & Scheu, S. (2013 b) More sex at higher altitudes: Changes in the frequency of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites in tropical montane rain forests. Pedobiologia, 56, 185 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2013.07.001","Marian, F., Sandmann, D., Krashevska, V., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2018) Altitude and decomposition stage rather than litter origin structure soil microarthropod communities in tropical montane rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 263 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. soilbio. 2018.07.017"]}

Tecteremaeus cristatus Balogh & Mahunka, 1969 Reported only from Brazil. Brazil: State of Amazonas. References: Balogh & Mahunka (1969a): 12, Balogh & Balogh (1990): 50, Moraes et al. (2011): 54, Franklin et al. (2013): 179.

Tecteremaeus cachoeirensis Franklin & Woas, 1992 Reported only from Brazil. Brazil: State of Amazonas. References: Franklin & Woas (1992a): 67, Franklin et al. (1997a): 342., Published as part of Oliveira, Anibal R., Argolo, Poliane S., De, Gilberto J., Norton, Roy A. & Schatz, Heinrich, 2017, A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4245 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437584, {"references":["Franklin, E. & Woas, S. (1992 a) Some basic oppiid-like taxa (Acari, Oribatei) from Amazonia. Andrias, 9, 57 - 74.","Franklin, E., Adis, J. & Woas, S. (1997 a) The oribatid mites. In: Junk, W. J. (Ed.), The Central Amazon floodplain: ecology of a pulsing system. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 331 - 349."]}

A checklist of the oribatid mite species reported in Brazil is presented, including all published records up to 2015. A total of 576 described species in 206 genera and 83 families is presented. Information includes the names by which each species was reported in the Brazilian literature, its general known distribution and by Brazilian States, references, and remarks, when needed. As with most countries, there was a slow early accumulation of knowledge but in recent decades the pace of description has been relatively high. A graphical overview of the number of described oribatid mite species from Brazil in different decades is given. The proportion contributed by each of the major oribatid groups is generally similar to that of the overall world fauna, with a composition that reflects the South American fauna and all of the Neotropics in general. There is a relatively low percentage of primitive mites (Palaeosomata, Enarthronota) other than Lohmanniidae and Mesoplophoridae, which are quite diverse. The Brachypylina comprises about 68% of the oribatid mite fauna. In the checklist, 41% of the species are known only from Brazil, 37% from the Neotropical region, 13.5% have a wider distribution in the global tropical and subtropical regions, and 8.5% are considered cosmopolitan or semicosmopolitan species. The number of descriptions of new species since 2000 from Brazil (73 spp.) and South America (230) is high, but the oribatid mite fauna of these countries remains poorly known. Only continued studies can determine if the high number of species known only from Brazil is an indication of high endemism.

Tecteremaeus cristatus Balogh & Mahunka, 1969 Reported only from Brazil. Brazil: State of Amazonas. References: Balogh & Mahunka (1969a): 12, Balogh & Balogh (1990): 50, Moraes et al. (2011): 54, Franklin et al. (2013): 179., Published as part of Oliveira, Anibal R., Argolo, Poliane S., De, Gilberto J., Norton, Roy A. & Schatz, Heinrich, 2017, A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4245 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437584, {"references":["Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1969 a) The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America. 10. Acari: oribatids, collected by the second expedition. I. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 15 (1 - 2), 1 - 21.","Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1990) Oribatid mites of the Neotropical Region II. Elsevier, Amsterdam / Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 333 pp.","Moraes, J., Franklin, E., Morais, J. W. & Souza, J. L. P. (2011) Species diversity of edaphic mites (Acari: Oribatida) and effects of topography, soil properties and litter gradients on their qualitative and quantitative composition in 64 km 2 of forest in Amazonia. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 55, 39 - 63. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 011 - 9451 - 7","Franklin, E., Moraes, J., Landeiro, V. L., Souza, J. L. P., Pequeno, P. A. C. L., Magnusson, W. E. & Morais, J. W. (2013) Geographic position of sample grid but not the removal of uncommon species affect multivariate analyses of diverse assemblages: The case of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida). Ecological Indicators, 34, 172 - 180. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2013.04.024"]}

Tecteremaeus anoporosus Balogh & Mahunka, 1969 Neotropical region. Brazil: States of Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia. References: Balogh & Mahunka (1969c): 53, Balogh & Mahunka (1978): 270, Balogh & Balogh (1990): 50, Franklin et al. (2006): 1012, Franklin et al. (2008): 117, Moraes et al. (2011): 54, Ferreira et al. (2012): 13, Franklin et al. (2013): 179.

Arceremaeus cubanus Balogh & Mahunka, 1980 Northern South America. Brazil: State of Amazonas. References: Moraes et al. (2011): 54, Franklin et al. (2013): 179., Published as part of Oliveira, Anibal R., Argolo, Poliane S., De, Gilberto J., Norton, Roy A. & Schatz, Heinrich, 2017, A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4245 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437584, {"references":["Moraes, J., Franklin, E., Morais, J. W. & Souza, J. L. P. (2011) Species diversity of edaphic mites (Acari: Oribatida) and effects of topography, soil properties and litter gradients on their qualitative and quantitative composition in 64 km 2 of forest in Amazonia. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 55, 39 - 63. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 011 - 9451 - 7","Franklin, E., Moraes, J., Landeiro, V. L., Souza, J. L. P., Pequeno, P. A. C. L., Magnusson, W. E. & Morais, J. W. (2013) Geographic position of sample grid but not the removal of uncommon species affect multivariate analyses of diverse assemblages: The case of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida). Ecological Indicators, 34, 172 - 180. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2013.04.024"]}

Tecteremaeus anoporosus Balogh & Mahunka, 1969 Neotropical region. Brazil: States of Amazonas, Par�� and Rond��nia. References: Balogh & Mahunka (1969c): 53, Balogh & Mahunka (1978): 270, Balogh & Balogh (1990): 50, Franklin et al. (2006): 1012, Franklin et al. (2008): 117, Moraes et al. (2011): 54, Ferreira et al. (2012): 13, Franklin et al. (2013): 179., Published as part of Oliveira, Anibal R., Argolo, Poliane S., De, Gilberto J., Norton, Roy A. & Schatz, Heinrich, 2017, A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4245 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437584, {"references":["Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1969 c) The zoological results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America. 11. Acari: oribatids from the material of the second expedition. II. Opuscula Zoologica, 9 (1), 31 - 69.","Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1978) New data to the knowledge of the oribatid fauna of the Neogea (Acari). III. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 24 (3 - 4), 269 - 299.","Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1990) Oribatid mites of the Neotropical Region II. Elsevier, Amsterdam / Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 333 pp.","Franklin, E., Santos, E. M. & Albuquerque, M. I. (2006) Diversity and distribution of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in a lowland rain forest in Peru and in several environments of the Brazilians states of Amazonas, Rondonia, Roraima and Para. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 66 (4), 999 - 1020.","Moraes, J., Franklin, E., Morais, J. W. & Souza, J. L. P. (2011) Species diversity of edaphic mites (Acari: Oribatida) and effects of topography, soil properties and litter gradients on their qualitative and quantitative composition in 64 km 2 of forest in Amazonia. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 55, 39 - 63. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 011 - 9451 - 7","Ferreira, R. N. C., Franklin, E., Souza, J. L. P. & Moraes, J. (2012) Soil oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) diversity and composition in semi-deciduous forest fragments in eastern Amazonia and comparison with the surrounding savanna matrix. Journal of Natural History, 46, 1 - 14. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2012.707245","Franklin, E., Moraes, J., Landeiro, V. L., Souza, J. L. P., Pequeno, P. A. C. L., Magnusson, W. E. & Morais, J. W. (2013) Geographic position of sample grid but not the removal of uncommon species affect multivariate analyses of diverse assemblages: The case of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida). Ecological Indicators, 34, 172 - 180. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2013.04.024"]}