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Atopochthonius artiodactylus Grandjean 1949

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Atopochthonius artiodactylus Grandjean, 1949

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

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

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  • 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
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  • 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.
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