Sphaerozetes arcticus Hammer 1952

• Main Authors: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., Lindo, Zoë
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Ceratozetidae; Sphaerozetes; Sphaerozetes arcticus; Arctic; Canada; Corner Brook; Dwyer; Fairbanks; Firth River; Fort McMurray; Mackenzie Delta; Reindeer Station; Tuktoyaktuk; Brooks Range; Eriophorum; Subarctic; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4349408; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4349408

Sphaerozetes arcticus Hammer, 1952 Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Fairbanks (Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson (Watson et al. 1966); Fairbanks Region (Behan 1978a); Brooks Range, Toolik Lake (Behan-Pelletier 1985); YT: Richardson Mtns (Hammer 1952a); Eagle River; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns, 68°54'N, 140°23'W; Firth River floodplain; 69°17'N, 140°03'W; Sheep Creek, 69°101'N, 140°18'W (Behan-Pelletier 1985, 1997); NT: Tuktoyaktuk; Reindeer Station (Hammer 1952a); Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic (Behan 1978a); NU: Coppermine (Hammer 1952a); AB: ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray (McAdams et al. 2018); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP, Beulach Ban Falls; south branch of Aspy River (Behan-Pelletier 1985; 2010; Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987); NL: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake (Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998). Habitats: tussock tundra; birch and alder litter; willow litter along floodplain; wet meadow with Equisetum, Eriophorum, moss, Carex; boggy area with moss and Carex; Balsam fir forests; boreal forest with White spruce, Black spruce, Jack pine and Trembling aspen. Distribution: Holarctic. 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 141, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595