Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska Author Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. Author Lindo, Zoë text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-06 4666 1 1 180 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1 1175-5326 4000595 BA01E30E-7F64-49AB-910A-7EE6E597A4A4 Anachipteria howardi ( Berlese, 1908 ) Original name : Sphaerozetes howardi Berlese, 1908 ( Norton & Kethley 1990 ) Combination : Anachipteria howardi ( Berlese, 1908 ) ; ( Grandjean 1932a ). Synonymy : Sphaerozetes latitectus Berlese, 1908 , Anachipteria latitectus ( Berlese, 1908 ) : ( Grandjean 1932a ), Tectoribates latitectus ( Berlese, 1908 ) : ( Willmann 1931 ), Anachiptena latitecta ( Berlese, 1908 ): ( Marshall et al. 1987 ). Geographic Location : NT : Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a ); MB : Churchill ( Hammer 1952a ). Habitats : meadows with Rubus , Betula , Salix , Eriophorum, Carex and moss; lichen cushions and wet moss in depressions among rocks; wet meadows with grass, Pinguicula , Dryas , Vaccinium, Andromeda , Arctostaphylos . Distribution : Holarctic.