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Eremaeus translamellatus Hammer 1952

Description

Eremaeus translamellatus Hammer, 1952

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson (Hammer 1955a); Northern coastal plain; Atqasuk; Brooks Range; Fairbanks, Chena Ridge; Denali NP; Kenai Peninsula (Behan-Pelletier 1993); YT: Richardson Mtns (Hammer 1952a, 1955b; Behan-Pelletier 1993); Coastal Plain; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns; Porcupine Plain; Richardson Mtns; Ogilvie Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); Yellowknife; Reindeer Station (Hammer 1952a, 1955b); BC: Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); Sicamous Creek (Berch et al. 2007); Vancouver Is., Comex Glacier; Mainland: Cathedral PP; Manning PP; Garibaldi PP; Osoyoos, Kobau Mountain (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); AB: EMEND Site (Lindo & Visser 2004); Banff NP; Kananaskis Country, Fortress Mountain; Waterton Lakes NP; Jasper NP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); SK: Cypress Hills PP; Prince Albert NP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b).

Habitats: mesic to dry tundra, subarctic and arctic subalpine; lichen heath; coniferous (Lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, Douglas fir) and deciduous (alder, aspen, Paper birch) forest litter.

Distribution: Holarctic.

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 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595

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References

  • Hammer, M. (1955 a) Alaskan oribatids. Acta Arctica, 7, 1 - 36.
  • Hammer, M. (1952 a) Investigations of the Microfauna of Northern Canada. Part I. Oribatidae. Acta Arctica, 4, 1 - 108.
  • Hammer, M. (1955 b) Some aspects of the distribution of microfauna in the Arctic. Arctic Journal, Arctic Institute of North America, 8, 115 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.14430 / arctic 3811
  • Behan-Pelletier V. M. (1997 b) Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Yukon. In: Danks, H. V. & Downes, J. A. (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa, pp. 115 - 149.
  • Behan-Pelletier, V. M. (1993 b) Eremaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) of North America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 168, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 125168 fv
  • Battigelli, J. P., Spence, J. R., Langor, D. W. & Berch, S. M. (2004) Short-term impact of forest soil compaction and organic matter removal on soil mesofauna density and oribatid mite diversity. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research, 34, 1136 - 1149. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / x 03 - 267
  • Berch, S. M., Battigelli, J. P. & Hope, G. D. (2007) Responses of soil mesofauna communities and oribatid mite species to site preparation treatments in high-elevation cutlblocks in southern British Columbia. Pedobiologia, 51, 23 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2006.12.001
  • Lindo, Z. & Visser, S. (2004) Forest floor microarthropod abundance and oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) composition following partial and clear-cut harvesting in the mixedwood boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34, 998 - 1006. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / x 03 - 284
  • 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)
  • Meehan, M. L., Song, Z., Lumley, L. M., Cobb, T. P. & Proctor, H. (2019) Soil mites as bioindicators of disturbance in the boreal forest in northern Alberta, Canada: Testing taxonomic sufficiency at multiple taxonomic levels. Ecological Indicators, 102, 349 - 368. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2019.02.043