Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. Lindo, Zoë Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-06 4666 1 1 180 KLBW (Hammer, 1952) Hammer 1952 [151,600,1556,1583] Arachnida Thyrisomidae Banksinoma Animalia Sarcoptiformes 93 94 Arthropoda species spinifera   Combination:  Thyrisoma spinifera(Hammer, 1952); (Wallwork 1962).  Geographic Location: YT: CoastMtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); AB: ABMI Sites ( Walter et al.2014); 35 kmnorth of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al.2018); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); ON: Sudbury (St. John et al.2002); QC: St. Clet ( Smith 1978); Mirabel municipality south of Belle-Rivière ( Tousignant et al.1988; Tousignant & Coderre 1992); Western Québec( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015); NS: CapeBreton HighlandsNP (Behan-Pelletier 2010).  Habitats: Boreal forest with White spruce, Black spruce, Jack pine and Trembling aspen; moss, lichens.   Distribution: Nearctic; Neotropical.