Steganacarus thoreaui Jacot, 1930

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Steganacarus thoreaui Jacot, 1930

Combination: Hoplophorella thoreaui ( Jacot, 1930) ; ( Jacot 1933).

Geographic Location: NT: Bernard Harbour ( Niedbała 2002); ON: White Lake ( Niedbała 2002); QC: Parc National de Frontenac; Drummondville ( Niedbała 2002); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Niedbała 2002); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP, North Mountain; Skyline Trail; Sammy’s Barren; Paquettes Lake Trail; Aspy River, North Branch; Pleasant Bay; Lone Shieling; Beulach Ban Falls; Buttereau Trail; nr. Ingonish Beach; Clyburn Brook ( Niedbała 2002); NL: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: arctic beach litter; tamarack litter with Ledum, Vaccinium, Viburnum ; peatlands; mixed Boreal forest litter including spruce, beech, maple, Sugar maple, Red oak, Balsam fir; lichens on rocks; mixed grasses and sedges moss and herbaceous plants in old prairie.

Distribution: Nearctic.