Microppia minus ( Paoli, 1908 )

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Microppia minus ( Paoli, 1908)

Original name: Dameosoma minus Paoli, 1908 ( Weiss 1916)

Combination: Oppia minus ( Paoli, 1908) ; ( Weiss 1916), Oppiella minus ( Paoli, 1908) ; ( Seniczak 1975),

Oppia minor ( Paoli, 1908) ; ( Hammer 1952a).

Geographic Location: AK: northern coastal plain ( Behan 1978a); NT: Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Mackenzie Delta subarctic ( Behan 1978a); AB: Lethbridge ( Osler et al. 2008); ABMI Site ( Walter & Latonas 2012); MB: Southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970); ON: Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); near Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); QC: St-Paulin ( Doblas-Miranda et al. 2014); St. Clet ( Smith 1978).

Habitats: fescue prairie; mixed deciduous coniferous forest including from Trembling aspen, Black locust, Jack pine and Red pine forest.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.