Liochthonius van der Hammen 1959

• Main Authors: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., Lindo, Zoë
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Brachychthoniidae; Liochthonius; Canada; British Columbia; Spence; Rodriguez; Clayton; Alaska; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4349686; https://zenodo.org/record/4349686

Liochthonius spp. Geographic Location and Habitats : BC : North of Kamloops, Douglas fir litter (3 spp.) (Marshall 1979); Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); Mt. Cain, forest floor under Amabilis fir (Fagan et al. 2005); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (4 spp.) (Lindo & Winchester 2006, 2007; Lindo et al. 2008; Lindo 2010); AB : Kananaskis, Lodgepole pine forest (McLean & Parkinson 1998); Lethbridge, fescue prairie (3 spp.) (Osler et al. 2008); MB : coniferous (Jack pine, Black spruce) forest litter (Oswald & Minty 1970); QC : Abitibi, boreal mixedwood forest (Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NB : peatlands (Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NS : Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010, Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987). Genus Mixochthonius Niedbała, 1972 : 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 pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595 : {"references": ["Marshall, V. G. (1979) Effects of the insectizide Diflubenzuron on soil mites of a dry forest zone in British Columbia. In: Rodriguez J. G. (Ed.), Recent Advances in Acarology, vol. 1, 129 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / B 978 - 0 - 12 - 592201 - 2.50024 - 5", "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", "Fagan, L. L., Didham, R. K., Winchester, N. N., Behan-Pelletier, V., Clayton, M., Lindquist, E. & Ring, R. A. (2005) An experimental assessment of biodiversity and species turnover in terrestrial vs. canopy leaf litter. Oecologia, 147 (2), 335 - 347. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00442 - 005 - 0262 - 6", "Lindo, Z. & Winchester, N. N. (2006) A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar trees. Pedobiologia, 50, 31 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2005.09.002", "McLean, M. A. & Parkinson, D. (1998) Impacts of the epigeic earthworm Dendrobaena octaedra on oribatid mite community diversity and microarthropod abundances in a forest floor: a mesocosm study. Applied Soil Ecology, 7, 125 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0929 - 1393 (97) 00041 - 3", "Osler, G. H. R., Harrison, L., Kanashiro, D. K. & Clapperton, M. J. (2008) Soil microarthropod assemblages under different arable crop rotations in Alberta, Canada. Applied Soil Ecology, 38, 71 - 78. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. apsoil. 2007.09.003", "Oswald, E. T. & Minty, L. W. (1970) Acarine fauna in southeastern Manitoba: I - Forest soils. The Manitoba Entomologist, 4, 76 - 87.", "Dechene, A. D. & Buddle, C. M. (2009) Effects of experimental forest harvesting on oribatid mite biodiversity. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 1331 - 1341. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. foreco. 2009.06.033", "Dechene, A. D. & Buddle, C. M. (2010) Decomposing logs increase oribatid mite assemblage diversity in mixedwood boreal forest. Biodiversity Conservation, 19, 237 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10531 - 009 - 9719 - y", "Behan-Pelletier, V. M. & Bissett, B. (1994) Oribatida of Canadian peatlands. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 169, 73 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 126169073 - 1", "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.", "Niedbala, W. (1972) Catalogue of all known species of Brachychthoniidae (Acari, Oribatei). Acarologia, 14, 292 - 313."]}