Geographic Location: BC: Upper Klanawa Mainline site, near Franklin River (Berch et al. 2001); Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); Isaiah Creek study site (Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (Lindo & Winchester 2006); ON: Chalk River (Marshall 1972); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan- Pelletier 2010, Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987).
Habitats: boreal and temperate coniferous forest litter.
Distribution: Holarctic; Oriental.
Family Pterochthoniidae
Genus Pterochthonius Berlese, 1913