Oribatella yukonensis 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 yukonensis; Blow River; Buffalo Head; Buffalo Head Prairie; Canada; Carcross; Fort Smith; Herschel Island; Ogilvie; Ogilvie River; Richardson Mountains; Running River; Wabasca; Yukon; Herschel; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5256224; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5256224

Oribatella yukonensis sp. nov. (Figs. 10D, E, 14E–G, 25–27, 29D, 30I, J) Material examined. Holotype: female, Canada: Yukon, Carcross Dunes, 1.vii.1985 (VBP) from semi-stabilized dunes with grass, sedge, Polemonium, Stellaria, deposited in the CNC, type number 24046. Paratypes: 7 (5 females, 2 males) with same data as holotype; Yukon, Herschel Island, 25.vii.1983 (R.A. Cannings) 1 male from Salix, Hedysarum at base of dry S-facing slope on mud slump; 3 from moss litter and Dryas mats on top of tussock; Running River, 68°57.5’N 137°17’W, 7.vii.1987 (VBP) 3 males, 2 females from litter of Pyrola, Saxifraga, Castilleja, Epilobium, moss lichens; Klondike Highway, ca. 108 km N intersection with Alaska highway, 23.vi.1987 (VBP) 1 female from rose and willow litter with moss and lichens; Dempster Highway km 210N, Ogilvie River, 26.vi.1987 (VBP) 3 from Papaver, Dryas, moss; Richardson Mountains, Summit Lake, 67°43’N 136°30’W, 3.vii.1987 (VBP) 1 female from Cypripedium, Eriophorum, Tofieldia litter and moss; Blow River, 68°56’N 137°06’W, 7.vii.1987 (VBP) 2 from Arctostaphylos, Vaccinium, Pedicularis litter on bluffs above river; 6 males, 6 females from willow litter and moss in small gorge. Paratypes deposited in the CNC, PMAE. IZ, RNC and USNM. Other Material Examined: Alberta, ABMI-2 (60.00878143, -112.146973), 10 km SW of Fort Smith, NT, 10.vi.2009, from organic soil layer in mesic upland black spruce forest, labrador tea and feathermoss understory, 1 male; ABMI-344 (57.95811844, -115.978279) 10 km SE of Buffalo Head Prairie, 12.vi.2008, from organic soil layer in mesic upland aspen forest with understory of low-bush cranberry, buffalo-berry, blueberry, rose, 1 female; ABMI-359 (57.45488358, -111.054222), 13 km E of McClelland Lake, 15.vi.2007, from organic soil layer in mesic upland mixed aspen forest with understory of low-bush cranberry, buffalo-berry, blueberry, rose, 1 male; ABMI-690 (55.78954315, -114.290833), 30 km SW of Wabasca-Demarais, 12.vi.2008, from organic soil layer in open, disturbed site, 1 female, 1 ...