Oppiella nova ( Oudemans, 1902 )

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Oppiella nova ( Oudemans, 1902)

Original name: Eremaeus novus Oudemans, 1902 ( van der Hammen 1952)

Combination: Oppia nova ( Oudemans, 1902) ; ( van der Hammen 1952).

Synonymy: Oppia corrugata ( Berlese, 1904) : ( Jacot 1936a), Dameosoma uliginosum Willmann, 1919 : ( van der Hammen 1952), Oppia uliginosum ( Willmann, 1919) : ( Sellnick 1960).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson, Fairbanks, Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); northern and southwestern coastal plain; Atqasuk; Fairbanks Region; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula;Brooks Range; Pribilof Islands( Behan1978a);Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); 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 ( Hammer 1952a); ( Behan 1978a); Coastal Plain; Porcupine Plain ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Yellowknife; ( Hammer 1952a); Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic ( Behan 1978a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Keewatin; Baffin Is.; Ward Hunt Is. ( Behan 1978a); BC: Upper Klanawa Mainline site, near Franklin River ( Berch et al. 2001); Sicamous Creek ( Berch et al. 2007); Isaiah Creek study site ( Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); North of Kamloops ( Marshall 1979); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley ( Lindo & Winchester 2006, 2007); AB: nr. Breton (Berg and Pawluk 1984); Lethbridge ( Osler et al. 2008); Kananaskis Country ( McLean & Parkinson 1998); EMEND Site ( Lindo & Visser 2004); Lethbridge (49°48N, 112°54’W); ABMI Sites ( Walter & Latonas 2012); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ON: Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); near Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); near White River, ( Barreto & Lindo 2018); QC: Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); Mont Tremblant (Behan et al. 1978); St. Clet ( Smith 1978); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); Morgan Arboretum, ( Marshall 1968; Sylvain & Buddle 2010); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Mirabel municipality south of Belle-Rivière ( Tousignant et al. 1988; Tousignant & Coderre 1992); St-Paulin ( Doblas-Miranda et al. 2014); NB: peatlands (Behan- Pelletier & Bissett 1994).

Habitats: tussock tundra heath; peatlands; temperate and boreal forest from variety of litters including Douglas fir, Lodgepole pine, White spruce, Jack pine, beech, Trembling aspen; Western redcedar trunk; fescue prairie.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.