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Diapterobates variabilis Hammer 1955

Description

Diapterobates variabilis Hammer, 1955

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage (Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson (Watson et al. 1966); Northern and northwestern coastal plain (Behan 1978a); Brooks Range, Sukakpak Mountain; Cape Thompson; Norton Bay; Bethel; Bushkana River; Chugach Mtns, Blueberry Lake at Thompson Pass; Nunivak, National Wildlife Refuge (Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier 1985); Fairbanks (Block 1979); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) (Thomas & McLean 1988); YT: Spring River (Behan-Pelletier 1985, 1997); NT: Tuktoyaktuk; Mackenzie Delta subarctic (Behan 1978a); NU, Keewatin, Henik Lake Lodge, 61°40’N, 97°25’W; Baffin Is., Pangnirtung (Behan 1978a; Behan & Hill 1978; Behan-Pelletier 1985); AB: ABMI Site (Walter et al. 2014); QC: Lac Ford; Leaf River, 59°38’N, 70°20’W (Behan-Pelletier 1985).

Habitats: tussock tundra; taiga; dry subalpine meadow.

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 136, 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.
  • Watson, D. G., Davis, J. J. & Hanson, W. C. (1966) Terrestrial invertebrates. In: Wilimovsky, N. J., & Wolfe, J. N. (Eds.), Environment of the Cape Thompson Region, Alaska. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission PNE- 4811, pp. 565 - 584.
  • Behan, V. M. (1978 a) Diversity, distribution and feeding habits of North American arctic soil Acari. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 428 pp.
  • Block, W. (1979) Cold tolerance of micro-arthropods from Alaskan Taiga. Ecological Entomology, 4, 103 - 110. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1979. tb 00566. x
  • Thomas, R. H. & McLean, S. E. (1988) Community structure in soil Acari along a latitudinal transect of tundra sites in Northern Alaska. Pedobiologia, 31 (1 - 2), 113 - 138.
  • 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)