Ceratoppia bipilis ( Hermann, 1804 )

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Ceratoppia bipilis ( Hermann, 1804)

Original name: Notaspis bipilis Hermann, 1804 ( André 1925)

Combination: Oppia bipilis ( Hermann, 1804) ; ( Berlese 1882 -1898), Eremaeus bipilis ( Hermann, 1804) ; ( Oudemans 1900b).

Synonymy: Ceratoppia herculeana Berlese, 1908 : ( Ghilarov 1975).

Geographic Location: AK: Fairbanks; Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); northern coastal plain; northwest coastal plain; Atqasuk; Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region; Aleutian Islands ( Behan 1978a); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Coastal Plain; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns; Porcupine Plain; Ogilvie Mtns; Yukon Tintina; Southern Lakes ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station; Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Tuktoyaktuk ( Behan 1978a; Behan & Hill 1978); Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic ( Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Keewatin ( Behan 1978a); BC: Mt. Cain ( Fagan et al. 2005); AB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton ( Finnamore 1994); Kananaskis Valley, ( Powell & Skaley 1975); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); Southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ON: Chalk River ( Marshall 1968); Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Mont Tremblant (Behan et al. 1978); Northern tundra (Behan & Hill 1978); Fomes polypores ( Pielou & Matthewman 1966); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NB: Polyporus betulinus ( Pielou & Verma 1968) ; peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010; Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987); NL: peatlands (Behan- Pelletier & Bissett 1994); between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: boreal and subarctic; tussock tundra; peatlands; Balsam fir forests.

Distribution: Holarctic.