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Eueremaeus marshalli Behan-Pelletier 1993

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Eueremaeus marshalli Behan-Pelletier, 1993

Geographic Location: YT, Richardson Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); Coastal Plain; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns; Eagle Plain (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT, Reindeer Station; Victoria Is. (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); BC: Isaiah Creek study site (Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (Lindo & Winchester 2006, 2007; Lindo et al. 2008; Lindo 2010); Strathcona PP; Mainland, Manning PP; Garibaldi PP (Behan- Pelletier 1993b); AB: Kananaskis Valley (Behan-Pelletier 1993b; McLean & Parkinson 1998); Waterton Lakes NP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); EMEND Site (Lindo & Visser 2004); Moose Pasture Research Site; ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray (McAdams et al. 2018); SK: Moose Mountain PP; south of Val Marie (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); MB: Duck Mountain PP; Spruce Woods PP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); ON: Algonquin PP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); QC: Lac Megantic (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); NL: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake (Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: mesic tundra, moss, lichen, fungi, and mixed coniferous and deciduous litters; canopy of Western redcedar.

Distribution: Nearctic.

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

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References

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  • 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.
  • Lindo, Z. & Stevenson, S. K. (2007) Diversity and distribution of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) associated with arboreal and terrestrial habitats in Interior Cedar-Hemlock Forests, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science, 81 (4), 305 - 315. https: // doi. org / 10.3955 / 0029 - 344 X- 81.4.305
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