Phthiracarus piger ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 38

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scientific name	Phthiracarus piger ( Scopoli, 1763 )
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Original name: Acarus piger Scopoli, 1763 ( Willmann 1931)

Synonymy: Phthiracarus contractilis Perty, 1841 : ( Ghilarov 1975).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a).

Habitats: Grass with roots.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Remarks: According to Marshall et al. (1987) Jacot (1930) considered Acarus piger Scopoli, 1763 to be unrecognizable and certainly not a Phthiracarus ; he assigned it to what is now considered the Euphthiracaroidea .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Sarcoptiformes
Family	Phthiracaridae
Genus	Phthiracarus

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