Diapterobates variabilis Hammer, 1955

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Diapterobates variabilis Hammer, 1955

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Northern and northwestern coastal plain ( Behan 1978a); Brooks Range, Sukakpak Mountain; Cape Thompson; Norton Bay; Bethel; Bushkana River; Chugach Mtns, Blueberry Lake at Thompson Pass; Nunivak, National Wildlife Refuge ( Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier 1985); Fairbanks ( Block 1979); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); YT: Spring River (Behan-Pelletier 1985, 1997); NT: Tuktoyaktuk; Mackenzie Delta subarctic ( Behan 1978a); NU, Keewatin, Henik Lake Lodge, 61°40’N, 97°25’W; Baffin Is., Pangnirtung ( Behan 1978a; Behan & Hill 1978; Behan-Pelletier 1985); AB: ABMI Site ( Walter et al. 2014); QC: Lac Ford; Leaf River, 59°38’N, 70°20’W (Behan-Pelletier 1985).

Habitats: tussock tundra; taiga; dry subalpine meadow.

Distribution: Holarctic.