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
Phthiracarus piger
(
Scopoli, 1763
)
Original name
:
Acarus piger
Scopoli, 1763
(
Willmann 1931
)
Synonymy
:
Phthiracarus contractilis
Perty, 1841
: (
Ghilarov 1975
).
Geographic Location
:
AK
: Fort Richardson; Anchorage (
Hammer 1955a
).
Habitats
: Grass with roots.
Distribution
: Holarctic.
Remarks
: According to
Marshall
et al.
(1987)
Jacot (1930)
considered
Acarus piger
Scopoli, 1763
to be unrecognizable and certainly not a
Phthiracarus
; he assigned it to what is now considered the
Euphthiracaroidea
.