Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska Author Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. Author Lindo, Zoë text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-06 4666 1 1 180 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1 1175-5326 4000595 BA01E30E-7F64-49AB-910A-7EE6E597A4A4 Atropacarus striculus (C. L. Koch, 1835 ) Original name : Hoplophora stricula C.L. Koch, 1835 ( Sengbusch 1957 ) Combination : Phthiracarus stricula (C.L. Koch, 1835 ) ; ( Oudemans 1903 ). Synonymy : Steganacarus diaphanus Jacot, 1930 : ( Kamill & Baker 1980 ), Steganacarus senex Aoki, 1958 : ( Fujikawa 1972 ), Steganacarus striculus insularis Weigmann, 1976 : ( Kamill & Baker 1980 ), Steganacarus trichosus Mahunka, 1982 : ( Niedbała 1986 ). Geographic Location : YT : Porcupine Plain ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b ); Richardson Mtns, Summit Lake 67°43’N , 136°30’W , ( Niedbała 2002 ); NT : Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a ); BC : 12 km N Grand Forks ( Niedbała 2002 ); AB : Waterton Lakes NP, Rowe Lake, ( Niedbała 2002 ); ABMI Sites; Dinosaur PP ( Walter et al. 2014 ; Meehan et al. 2019 ); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018 ); MB : Southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970 ); Seven Sisters Grassland Project ( Niedbała 2002 ); ON : Chalk River ( Marshall 1972 ); Rondeau PP, Rondeau Trail; White Lake SW of Ottawa; North Gower; Cedar Grove, SW North Gower; Carp; Waba; Normandale Valley; Backus Woods Conservation Area, 42°39’N , 80°28’W ; Long Point NWA, Squires Ridge; Courtright Ridge ( Niedbała 2002 ); QC : Morgan Arboretum ( Marshall 1968 ); Parc National du Mont-Orford; Cedarville; N Kazabazua ( Niedbała 2002 ); Aylmer ( Niedbała 2007b ); boreal claybelt region of Western Québec ( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015 ); NB : Kouchibouguac NP, Kelly’s beach; Kollock Creek Trail ( Niedbała 2002 ); NS : Cape Breton Highlands NP, Lone Shieling; North Mountain Bog; nr.Ingonish; Skyline Trail; Aspy River, North Branch; Pleasant Bay; Black Brook Trail to Neils Harbour; Mackintosh Brook Trail; Beulach Ban Falls; La Prairie Trail, floodplain of Cheticamp River; French Mt., ( Niedbała 2002 ; Behan-Pelletier 2010). Habitats : boreal forest, taiga and tundra; both coniferous (White spruce, Black spruce, Jack pine) and deciduous or mixedwood (Trembling aspen, Silver maple, Black ash, Yellow birch, beech, basswood) litters; dry alpine; salt marsh; grassland vegetation; moss habitats including on trunk of maple, on rocks at edge of waterfall, and at base of decaying log; sedges and fern litter in floodplain; mixed debris in beaver house. Distribution : Semicosmopolitan. Genus Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933