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

• 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

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.