Scutozetes lanceolatus Hammer, 1952

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 141

Scutozetes lanceolatus Hammer, 1952

Geographic Location: AK: Northern and northwest coastal plain; Atqasuk; Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region; Denali NP; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula ( Behan 1978a); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); Porcupine Plain; Richardson Mtns; Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic ( Behan 1978a); AB: ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); QC: Northern region; Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010; Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987)

Habitats: dry biotopes: in lichen with moss; in dense Dryas vegetation with reindeer lichen and liverwort; scattered cushions of Salix and Oxytropus pygmaeus on gravel and stony fields; on manured bird perches.

Distribution: Nearctic.

Genus Sphaerozetes Berlese, 1885