Fuscozetes sellnicki Hammer, 1952

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Fuscozetes sellnicki Hammer, 1952

Combination: Melanozetes sellnicki ( Hammer, 1952a) ; ( Subías 2004).

Geographic Location: AK:Barrow( Bohnsack 1968, 1973; Douce 1976; Douce and Crossley1977; MacLean et al. 1978); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Atqasuk; northwest coastal region; Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula; Pribilof Islands ( Behan 1978a); Seward Peninsula, near to Cape Espenberg (66°28′22″N, 163°56′56″W, greyish tephra from Aniakchak eruption ( Blackford et al. 2014); YT, Richardson Mtns, 68°24’N, 135°37’W ( Hammer 1952a, 1955b); Ivvavik NP, British Mtns, 68°54’N, 140°23’W; 69°13’N, 140°05’W; 69°27’N, 140°25’W; 69°17’N, 140°03’W; Shingle Point 68°55’N, 137°15’W (Behan-Pelletier 1985, 1997); NT: Reindeer Station ( Hammer 1952a); Tuktoyaktuk; Mackenzie Delta subarctic ( Behan 1978a); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a, 1955b); Ellesmere Is., Slidre Fiord ( Hammer 1953, 1955b); Baffin Is. ( Behan 1978a); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a, 1955b); QC: northern region ( Behan 1978a); Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W, Lac Ford (Behan-Pelletier 1985).

Habitats: moist tussock tundra; Betula , Salix litter; litter and soil under moss, Ledum, Arctostaphylos , Empetrum .

Distribution: Holarctic.