Eniochthonius minutissimus ( Berlese, 1903 )

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Eniochthonius minutissimus ( Berlese, 1903)

Original name: Hypochthonius minutissimus Berlese, 1903 ( van der Hammen 1959)

Combination: Hypochthoniella minutissima ( Berlese 1903) ; ( Marshall 1968).

Synonymy: Hypochthonius pallidulus sensu Michael (1888) non C.L. Koch (1836): ( van der Hammen 1952), Arthrochthonius pallidulus sensu Ewing (1917) , Eniochthonius pallidulus sensu Grandjean (1933a) : ( van der Hammen 1952), Eniochthonius grandjeani van der Hammen, 1952 (replacement name for Hypochthonius pallidulus sensu Michael (1888) : ( Marshall et al. 1987).

Geographic Location: NT: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); BC: Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley ( Lindo & Winchester 2006); AB: ABMI Sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); Moose Pasture Research Site; Narrow Lake ( Walter et al. 2014); MB: forest litter, riparian litter ( Oswald & Minty 1970, 1971); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ON: Chalk River ( Marshall 1972); near Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); QC: Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); Mirabel municipality south of Belle-Rivière ( Tousignant et al. 1988; Tousignant & Coderre 1992); Morgan Arboretum ( Marshall 1968; Sylvain & Buddle 2010); Parc National de Frontenac ( Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2007); Abitibi, ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); St- Paulin ( Doblas-Miranda et al. 2014); boreal claybelt region of Western Québec ( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2007); NS: Liscombe Mills Camp; Cape Breton Highlands NP ( Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2007); NL: Gros Morne NP; Terra Nova NP; Avalon Peninsula; 2 mi N Eddies Cove; ( Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2007); between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: peatland ( Larix , Ledum, Vaccinium, Viburnum litter); muskeg; coniferous (hemlock, Jack pine, Black spruce) and deciduous (maple, beech) litter.

Distribution: Semicosmopolitan.