Oribatella banksi Behan-Pelletier & Walter 2012, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., Walter, David E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Oribatellidae; Oribatella; Oribatella banksi; Canada; Fern Creek; Mariana Lake; Pacific; Rocky Point; Wind River; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5256208; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5256208

Oribatella banksi sp. nov. (Figs. 4, 5A–E, 6A–D, 28A, 30A, B) Material examined. Holotype: adult female. USA: California, Tehama Co., 4mi SW Platina Beegum Creek, 2250’, 3.xii.1986 (DSC) from Quercus durata, deposited in the CNC, type number 24037. Paratypes: 7 (4 females, 3 males) with same data as holotype; USA, Oregon, Deschutes Co., Proxy Falls, St. Hwy 242, 28ml SW Sisters, ca. 3000’, 19.viii.1985 (EEL) 5 females, 2 males from dry moss-lichen mats on rock; USA, Washington, Skamania Co., Wind River Crane Canopy Research site, 415m, 45°49’14”N 121°57’W, 29.ix.2000 (VBP) 2 males, 2 females from fir and hemlock forest floor litter; California: Fresno Co., 5.8mi NE Auberry, 14.iii.1985 (P.J. Johnson) 1 female from Neotoma midden; Mendocino Co., Van Damme State Park, Fern Creek Trail, 39°278N 123°757W, 3.iii.2009 (VBP) 2 females from moss in splash zone of stream; Canada, Bristish Columbia, Vancouver Island, Rocky Point, mixed coniferous and deciduous forest, 48°18.8N 123°36.07W, 30.ix.2005 (VBP) 1 female from soil and litter under Pacific yew; Alberta: ABMI-33 (59.64667511, -112.275978), along Pine Lake Road, Wood Buffalo National Park, 14.v1.2009, mesic upland pine forest, understory low-bush cranberry, buffalo-berry, blueberry, rose, 5 females, two males; ABMI-OG-1248 (52.53427887, -112.548889), near juncture Route 850 and Range Road 184, 28.v.2011, mesic upland aspen forest, understory low-bush cranberry, buffalo-berry, blueberry, rose, 6 females; ABMI-A635-1 (55.89463043, -111.675308), SE of Mariana Lake on Highway 63, 13.vi.2011, mesic upland aspen forest with understory of low-bush cranberry, buffalo-berry, blueberry, rose, 6 females; Moose Pasture Research Site (53.656667, -112.759444), 8 km W Chipman, aspen litter under snow, 17.ii.2008, 2 females, one male, 8 adults, 19 May 2008 (DEW). Paratypes deposited in the CNC, PMAE. IZ, RNC and USNM. Diagnosis. Length of adult 400–445 µm. Rostrum strongly ornamented with foveae, ridges and pits; medially undulating, to medially acuminate with pair of small ...