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Eremaeus grandis Hammer 1952

Description

Eremaeus grandis Hammer, 1952

Geographic Location: AK: Anaktuvuk Pass (Hammer 1955a); Brooks Range (Behan 1978a; Behan- Pelletier 1993b); YT: Richardson Mtns (Hammer 1952a; Behan-Pelletier 1993b); Coastal Plain; Ogilvie Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Mackenzie Delta subarctic (Behan 1978a).

Habitats: Dryas meadow with wet sedge; Dryas and Silene acaulis on sandy river slope; Astragulus, Dryas, Vaccinium, Polygonum, Rhododendron litter on brown shale; Picea glauca, Alnus, Ribes litter.

Distribution: western Nearctic; eastern Palaearctic.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eremaeidae
Genus
Eremaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hammer
Species
grandis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eremaeus grandis 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.
  • Hammer, M. (1952 a) Investigations of the Microfauna of Northern Canada. Part I. Oribatidae. Acta Arctica, 4, 1 - 108.
  • Behan-Pelletier, V. M. (1993 b) Eremaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) of North America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 168, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 125168 fv
  • 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.