Phthiracarus boresetosus Jacot, 1930

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Phthiracarus boresetosus Jacot, 1930

Synonymy: Phthiracarus dudichi Mahunka, 1982 : ( Niedbała 1984), Phthiracarus kaszabi Mahunka, 1981 : ( Balogh & Mahunka 1983), Phthiracarus minimarginatus Woolley, 1954 : ( Niedbała 1986), Phthiracarus tenuis Hammer, 1977 : ( Niedbała 1984).

Geographic Location: YT: Ivvavik NP, British Mtns, 69°09’N, 140°10’W; 69°10’N, 140°18’W; Richardson Mtns, Summit Lake, 67°43’N, 136°30’W; Dempster Hwy, km 172 N, Sulphur Spring ( Niedbała 2002); BC: Hwy 6, N Burton; Manning PP, Sapello Grove ( Niedbała 2002); AB: Cypress Hills PP, S. Elkwater, ( Niedbała 2002); ABMI Sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); ABMI sites, Moose Pasture Research Site ( Walter et al. 2014); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018); MB: Seven Sisters Grassland Project ( Niedbała 2002); ON: Carp; Waba; Long Point NWA, Little Creek Ridges; Chaffey Locks, Hebert Bog; Cedar Grove, 5.5 mi SW North Gower ( Niedbała 2002); QC: Parc Frontenac; 4 km N Kazabazua ( Niedbała 2002); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); Morgan Arboretum ( Sylvain & Buddle 2010); NB: Kouchibouguac NP; Kollock Creek Trail ( Niedbała 2002); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP, North Mountain Bog; Skyline Trail; nr. Ingonish; Aspy River, North Branch; Pleasant Bay; Black Brook Trail to Neils Harbour; Aspy Trail; Sammy’s Barren; Beulach Ban Falls; La Prairie Trail; floodplain of Cheticamp River; Buttereau Trail; Corney Brook Camp; Clyburn Brook; Mackintosh Brook Trail ( Niedbała 2002); NL: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: mixed vegetation in taiga; mixed tundra; boreal deciduous (Trembling aspen, birch, beech, maple, oak) and coniferous (White spruce, Black spruce, Jack pine, cedar, hemlock) forest litter; decaying Western redcedar; sedges and fern litter; grassland litter; moss and bog vegetation; beaver lodge.

Distribution: Holarctic.