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Brachychthonius Berlese 1910

Description

Brachychthonius sp.

Geographic Location: AK: Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) (Thomas & McLean 1988); BC: Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (3 spp.) (Lindo & Winchester 2006); Mainland, Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: Lethbridge (Osler et al. 2008); ON: Chalk River (Marshall 1972); QC: Morgan Arboretum (Marshall 1968); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010, Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987).

Genus Eobrachychthonius Jacot, 1936

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

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References

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Osler, G. H. R., Harrison, L., Kanashiro, D. K. & Clapperton, M. J. (2008) Soil microarthropod assemblages under different arable crop rotations in Alberta, Canada. Applied Soil Ecology, 38, 71 - 78. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. apsoil. 2007.09.003
  • Marshall, V. G. (1972) Comparison of two methods of estimating efficiency of funnel extractors for soil micro-arthropods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 4, 417 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0038 - 0717 (72) 90056 - 9
  • Marshall, V. G. (1968) Microarthropods from two Quebec woodland humus forms. III. The Sarcoptiformes (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of Quebec, 13, 65 - 88.
  • Behan-Pelletier, V. M., Lindquist, E. E. & Smith, I. M. (1987) Subclass Acari (mites and ticks). In: Lafontaine, J. D., Allyson, S., Behan-Pelletier, V. M., Borkent, A., Campbell, J. M., Hamilton, K. G. A., Martin, J. E. H. & Masner, L. (Eds.), The Insects, Spiders and Mites of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Biosystematics Research Centre, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, pp. 18 - 66.