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Palaeacarus Tragardh 1932

Description

Palaeacarus sp.

Geographic Locations and Habitats: AK: shrub tundra (Behan 1978a); YT: Ivvavik NP, British Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); QC: Morgan Arboretum (Marshall 1968); Mont Tremblant (Behan et al. 1978); St. Clet (Smith 1978); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010, Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987).

Superfamily Ctenacaroidea

Family Aphelacaridae

Genus Aphelacarus Grandjean, 1932

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Palaeacaridae
Genus
Palaeacarus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Tragardh
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Palaeacarus Tragardh, 1932 sec. Behan-Pelletier & Lindo, 2019

References

  • Behan, V. M. (1978 a) Diversity, distribution and feeding habits of North American arctic soil Acari. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 428 pp.
  • 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.
  • Marshall, V. G. (1968) Microarthropods from two Quebec woodland humus forms. III. The Sarcoptiformes (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of Quebec, 13, 65 - 88.
  • Smith, T. D. (1978) The effects of six insecticides on non-target soil mesoarthropods from pasture on Ste. Rosalie clay loam, St. Clet, Quebec. Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 234 pp.
  • 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.