New records of mites (Arachnida: Acari) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abstract The first investigations of the mite fauna of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, are reported. Fourteen species have been found. Uropoda orbicularis (Müller) (Uropodidae) and Scarabaspis inexpectatus (Oudemans) (Eviphididae) are newly recorded for North America, Macrocheles nemerdarius Kran...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Authors: Majka, Christopher G., Behan-Pelletier, Valerie, Bajerlein, Daria, Błoszyk, Jerzy, Krantz, Gerald W., Lucas, Zoe, OConnor, Barry, Smith, Ian M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Canada
Subarctic
Mite
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/n06-103
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00005265
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Summary:Abstract The first investigations of the mite fauna of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, are reported. Fourteen species have been found. Uropoda orbicularis (Müller) (Uropodidae) and Scarabaspis inexpectatus (Oudemans) (Eviphididae) are newly recorded for North America, Macrocheles nemerdarius Krantz and Whitaker (Macrochelidae) is newly recorded for Canada, and Trichoribates striatus Hammer (Ceratozetidae) is recorded for the first time south of the subarctic zone. Colonization, dispersal, and the zoogeographic origins of the fauna are discussed in the context of the biological, geological, and human history of the island.

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