Oribatella canadensis Behan-Pelletier and Eamer, 2010

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Walter, David E., 2012, 3432, Zootaxa 3432, pp. 1-62 : 16

Oribatella canadensis Behan-Pelletier and Eamer, 2010

Oribatella canadensis Behan-Pelletier and Eamer 2010, p. 3

Material Examined: Canada, Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, 25.vii.1980 ( EEL) 1 from mixed conifer litter on rocky montane exposure; same data except, 2 from dry buffalo manure; Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Elkwater Lake , 5–15.viii.1978 ( EEL) from bracket fungi on poplar log; ABMI-82H-5 (49.01377, -112.29149), south of Route 501, 29 May 2009, from upper soil organic layers on untreed site with grasses and sedges, 3 males; Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park , 10.x.1990 ( VBP) from litter under hawthorn ; British Columbia, Cathedral Provincial Park, Scout Lake , 2134m, 7.vii.1986 ( VBP) 3 from sifted loblolly pine ; Yukon, British Mountains, Firth River floodplain, 400m, 68°54’N 140°23’W, 16.vi.1984 ( VBP) 4 from Salix litter and debris in floodplain ; USA: Alaska, Fairbanks , 18.ix.1976 (A. Fjellberg) 4 from under bark of fallen Balsam poplar, with some moss ; New Mexico, Gila National Forest, Mimbres Range Rt. 152, 2135m, upper Galinas Campground , 32°53.99’N 107°49’W, 29.x.2002 ( VBP & G. Pelletier) from Populus fremontii litter .

Distribution. This species was previously known only from very dry habitats in Alberta and British Columbia ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2010).