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Palaeacarus hystricinus Tragardh 1932

Description

Palaeacarus hystricinus Trägårdh, 1932

Geographic Location: AK: Denali NP; Fairbanks Region (Behan 1978a); YT: Coast Mtns (Behan 1978a, Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Mackenzie Delta (Behan 1978a); BC: Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); Sicamous Creek (Berch et al. 2007); Isaiah Creek study site (Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (Lindo & Winchester 2006, 2007); ON: Chalk River (Marshall 1972); QC: Morgan Arboretum (Marshall 1968); Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W (Behan 1978a); Mont Tremblant (Behan et al. 1978); Abitibi (Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NF: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake (Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: shrub tundra; mixedwood boreal forest litter including hemlock, Balsam fir, beech and aspen; Western redcedar canopy suspended soil.

Distribution: Holarctic; Oriental.

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

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References

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  • 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.
  • 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
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  • Lindo, Z. & Winchester, N. N. (2006) A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar trees. Pedobiologia, 50, 31 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2005.09.002
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