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Peloribates canadensis Hammer 1952

Description

Peloribates canadensis Hammer, 1952

Geographic Location: AK: Fairbanks (Hammer 1955a); Brooks Range (Behan 1978a); YT: Porcupine Plain, Richardson Mtns; Ogilvie Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station; Yellowknife (Hammer 1952a, 1955b); Mackenzie Delta, subarctic (Behan 1978a); NU: Keewatin (Behan 1978a); AB: ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); MB: Churchill (Hammer 1952a, 1955b); QC: Northern region; Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W (Behan 1978a).

Habitats: thick layers of old Vaccinium, mixed with Ledum, grass, moss, liverwort and lichens; Vaccinium and Ledum under alder and spruce; in almost pure Empetrum vegetation.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Haplozetidae
Genus
Peloribates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hammer
Species
canadensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Peloribates canadensis Hammer, 1952 sec. Behan-Pelletier & Lindo, 2019

References

  • Hammer, M. (1955 a) Alaskan oribatids. Acta Arctica, 7, 1 - 36.
  • Behan, V. M. (1978 a) Diversity, distribution and feeding habits of North American arctic soil Acari. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 428 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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