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Sphaerozetes firthensis Behan-Pelletier 1986

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Sphaerozetes firthensis Behan-Pelletier, 1986

Geographic Location: YT: Ivvavik NP, British Mtns, 69°13’N, 140°10’W;Fish Creek, 69°27’N, 140°23’W; Ogilvie Mtns, Northfork Pass, Dempster Highway; Repeater Tower, km 155 Dempster Highway; Nahoni Range (Behan-Pelletier 1986); Richardson Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b).

Habitats: mixed subarctic litter at base of Picea glauca; Equisetum, Salix, Ranunculus, Dodecathon; moist moss; Saxifraga, moss, lichens, Papaver among limestone rocks; dry tundra.

Distribution: Canada.

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

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References

  • Behan-Pelletier, V. M. (1986) Ceratozetidae (Acari: Oribatei) of the Western North American Subarctic. The Canadian Entomologist, 118, 991 - 1057. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 118991 - 10
  • 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.