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
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1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1
1175-5326
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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