Unduloribates dianae Behan-Pelletier & Walter, 2009, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., Walter, David E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Unduloribatidae; Unduloribates; Unduloribates dianae; Empetrum nigrum; Fort McMurray; La Crete; Lac la Biche; Slave Lake; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658739; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E24E87E38E43C83B65DB57AAFAC68CA0

Unduloribates dianae sp. nov. Material examined Holotype: adult female, NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Skyline Trail, 30.viii.1984 (V. Behan-Pelletier) from Arctostaphylos, Vaccinium litter at edge of cliff; deposited in the CNC, type number 23904. Paratypes : 25 with same data as holotype; CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Haynes Lease Ecological Reserve, 19.v.1984 (R.A. Cannings) 1; ALBERTA: 1 male, (57°04’ N, 110°58’ W), 106 km NNE Fort McMurray, 14.vi.2007, (D.E. Walter) litter under Jack Pine with understory of shrubs, moss, and sparse grass; 4 females, 2 males, (57°38’ N, 110°37’ W), 108 km NNE Fort McMurray, 5.vi.2007, (D.E. Walter) litter under Black Spruce with understory of shrubs, moss, and sparse grass; 1 male, (57°38’ N, 110°37’ W), 108 km NNE Fort McMurray, 14.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter); 1 female, (57°47' N, 116°01' W), 118 km SSE La Crete, 27.v.2008, (D.E. Walter); 2 females on slide (one barcoded), 1 female, 2 adults (to SEM), (57°08' N, 113°12' W), 117 km WNW Fort McMurray, 2.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter); 1 female, (57°10' N, 112°53' W), 102 km WNW Fort McMurray, 19.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter); 1 female, 1 male, (55°43 N, 114°55 W), 48 km NNW Slave Lake, 16.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter); 1 male, (55°28' N, 114°44' W), 21 km N Slave Lake, 13.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter); 3 females, (55°28' N, 112°23' W), 71 km NNW Lac la Biche, 29.vi.2007, (D.E. Walter); 1 female, (56°33’ N, 111°19’ W), 13 km SW Fort McMurray Airport, 21.vi.2008, (D.E. Walter) 1 female; Kananaskis field Station, 11.vii.1983 (V. Behan-Pelletier) from trembling aspen litter in aspen and lodgepole pine forest, 4; QUÉBEC, Gaspésie Park, Mont Albert Plateau, 1000m a.s.l., 29.vii.1981 (E.E. Lindquist) from muskeg in tundra, 2; NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Paquettes Lake Trail, 29.viii.1984 (V. Behan-Pelletier) from Empetrum nigrum and lichen on top of Glasgow Lake hill, 24; Aspy River, North Branch, 9.ix.1983 (V. Behan-Pelletier) from spruce and maple litter, 2; Mica Mountain barrens, 12.ix.1983 (V. Behan-Pelletier) from Empetrum , ...