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Published September 6, 2019 | Version v1
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Iugoribates gracilis Sellnick 1944

Description

Iugoribates gracilis Sellnick, 1944

Geographic Location: AK: Northern coast plain; Brooks Range (Behan 1978a); Denali NP; Brooks Range, pingo near Franklin Bluffs (Behan-Pelletier 1985); YT, Ogilvie Mtns, km 155 Dempster Highway; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns, 69°54’N, 140°23’W; 69°13’N, 140°05’W; 69°15’N, 140°09’W; 69°27’N, 140°25’W (Behan-Pelletier 1985); NT: Mackenzie Delta subarctic; Banks Is. (Behan 1978a; Behan & Hill 1978); Victoria Is., Prince Albert Peninsula, 77°05’N, 116°05’W; Melville Is., Baily Point; NU: Ellesmere Is.: Tanquary Fiord (Danks and Byers 1972; Behan-Pelletier 1985); Alexandra Fiord; 70°29’N, 75°50’W (Behan-Pelletier 1985); Devon Is. (Ryan 1977; Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier 1985); Ellesmere Is., Quttinirpaaq NP, Hazen Camp (Behan-Pelletier 1985; Kevan et al. 1995); Keewatin; Axel Heiberg Is.; Baffin Is.; Ward Hunt Is.; Igloolik Is.; Seymour Is.; King Christian Is.; Somerset Is. (Behan 1978a; Behan- Pelletier 1985); Cornwallis Is., Resolute Bay; Ellef Ringnes Is., Isachsen; Bathurst Is. (Behan-Pelletier 1985); Bathurst Is. (Danks and Byers 1972; Behan 1978a); AB: ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014).

Habitats: coastal tundra; tussock tundra; dry tundra; Ivory gull nest; moist moss; exposed frozen soil.

Distribution: Nearctic.

Notes

Published as part of Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, pp. 1-180 in Zootaxa 4666 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chamobatidae
Genus
Iugoribates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sellnick
Species
gracilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Iugoribates gracilis Sellnick, 1944 sec. Behan-Pelletier & Lindo, 2019

References

  • Sellnick, M. (1944) pp. 40 - 48 In: Hammer, M. (Ed.), Studies on the oribatids and collemboles of Greenland. Meddr GrOnland 141 (3), 1 - 210.
  • Behan, V. M. (1978 a) Diversity, distribution and feeding habits of North American arctic soil Acari. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 428 pp.
  • Danks, H. V. & Byers, J. R. (1972) Insects and arachnids of Bathurst lsland, Canadian arctic archipelago. The Canadian Entomologist, 104, 81 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 10481 - 1
  • Ryan, J. K. (1977) Appendix 7. Invertebrates of Truelove Lowland. In: Bliss, L. C. (Ed.), Truelove Lowland, Devon Is., Canada: A High Arctic Ecosystem. University Alberta Press, Edmonton, pp. 699 - 703.
  • Kevan, P. G., Forbes, B. C., Kevan, S. M. & Behan-Pelletier, V. M. (1995) Vehicle tracks on high Arctic tundra: their effects on the soil, vegetation: and soil arthropods. Journal of Applied Ecology, 32, 655 - 667. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2404660
  • Walter, D. E., Latonas, S., Byers, K. & Lumley, L. M. (2014) Almanac of Alberta Oribatida Part I. Ver. 2.4. Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB. 542 pp. Available from: https: // www. royalalbertamuseum. ca / research / lifeSciences / invertebrateZoology / research. cfm (accessed 20 March 2019)