Roynortonella gildersleeveae Hammer 1952, n. comb. ...

• Main Author: Walter, David Evans
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Gymnodamaeidae; Roynortonella; Roynortonella gildersleeveae; Canada; Great Slave Lake; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Slave Lake
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6223045; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6223045

Roynortonella gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952) n. comb. (Figs. 32–37) Gymnodamaeus gildersleeveae Hammer, 1952 Nortonella gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952) (Paschoal 1982c) Paschoalia gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952) (Özdikmen 2008) Material examined: CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: syntype Yellowknife (62º40’N, 114°20’W) near Great Slave lake, ex small depression among rocks under spruce with moss, liverworts, lichens and old needles and leaves, M. Hammer. ALBERTA: 5 adults, Lamont County (53º39’N, 112°46’W) ex dry litter on SW slope, 20.vi 8i.2008, D.E. Walter; 1 adult, Edmonton River Valley, ex dry litter, 12.v.2009, S. Latonas; 1 adult, ABMI site 330 (57.66861725 N, - 110.962219 W), 2007; 1 adult, ABMI site 618 (56.38592148 N, - 117.012878 W), 2007. Comments. In her description, Hammer (1952) said “Tectopedia I and II have stout points” (p. 29), but this appears to be a misinterpretation of the pedotecta as being linear. In fact, they are ear-shaped with rounded margins (e.g. Figs. 34, 36) as in all Gymnodamaeidae ... : Published as part of Walter, David Evans, 2009, Genera of Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatida: Plateremaeoidea) of Canada, with notes on some nomenclatorial problems, pp. 23-44 in Zootaxa 2206 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189740 ...