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Zootaxa 4666 (1): 001–180 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2019 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA01E30E-7F64-49AB-910A-7EE6E597A4A4 ZOOTAXA 4666 Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER1,3 & ZOË LINDO1 1Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0C6, Canada. 2Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 3Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by T. Pfingstl: 26 Jul. 2019; published: 6 Sept. 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER & ZOË LINDO Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska (Zootaxa 4666) 180 pp.; 30 cm. 6 Sept. 2019 ISBN 978-1-77670-761-4 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77670-762-1 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2019 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] https://www.mapress.com/j/zt © 2019 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 4666 (1) © 2019 Magnolia Press BEHAN-PELLETIER & LINDO Table of Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................4 Introduction ................................................................................................5 Historical Overview of Research on Oribatida in Canada and Alaska ...................................................5 Materials and methods .......................................................................................7 Infraorder Palaeosomata ....................................................................................12 Family Acaronychidae ......................................................................................12 Family Archeonothridae .....................................................................................12 Family Palaeacaridae .......................................................................................12 Family Aphelacaridae ......................................................................................12 Family Ctenacaridae .......................................................................................12 Infraorder Enarthronota .....................................................................................13 Family Brachychthoniidae ...................................................................................13 Family Atopochthoniidae ....................................................................................20 Family Pterochthoniidae ....................................................................................20 Family Eniochthoniidae .....................................................................................20 Family Hypochthoniidae ....................................................................................21 Family Mesoplophoridae ....................................................................................22 Family Cosmochthoniidae ...................................................................................22 Family Haplochthoniidae ....................................................................................23 Family Sphaerochthoniidae ..................................................................................23 Family Arborichthoniidae ...................................................................................23 Family Trichthoniidae ......................................................................................23 Infraorder Parhyposomata ...................................................................................23 Family Gehypochthoniidae ..................................................................................24 Family Parhypochthoniidae ..................................................................................24 Infraorder Mixonomata .....................................................................................24 Family Eulohmanniidae .....................................................................................24 Family Perlohmanniidae ....................................................................................25 Family Epilohmanniidae ....................................................................................25 Family Euphthiracaridae ....................................................................................26 Family Oribotritiidae .......................................................................................30 Family Synichotritiidae .....................................................................................32 Family Phthiracaridae ......................................................................................33 Infraorder Desmonomata ....................................................................................39 Hyporder Nothrina .........................................................................................39 Family Crotoniidae ........................................................................................39 Family Hermanniidae .......................................................................................44 Family Malaconothridae ....................................................................................45 Family Nanhermanniidae ....................................................................................47 Family Nothridae ..........................................................................................48 Family Trhypochthoniidae ...................................................................................50 Hyporder Brachypylina .....................................................................................52 Family Hermanniellidae .....................................................................................52 Family Plasmobatidae ......................................................................................53 Family Neoliodidae ........................................................................................53 Family Gymnodamaeidae ...................................................................................53 Family Licnodamaeidae .....................................................................................56 Family Plateremaeidae ......................................................................................56 Family Damaeidae .........................................................................................56 Family Cepheidae .........................................................................................62 Family Nodocepheidae .....................................................................................64 Family Podopterotegaeidae ..................................................................................64 Family Polypterozetidae ....................................................................................65 Family Microzetidae .......................................................................................65 Family Ameridae ..........................................................................................65 Family Caleremaeidae ......................................................................................65 Family Damaeolidae .......................................................................................66 Family Eremobelbidae ......................................................................................66 Family Eremulidae .........................................................................................66 Family Hungarobelbidae ....................................................................................66 Family Eremaeidae ........................................................................................67 Family Megeremaeidae .....................................................................................72 CHECKLIST OF ORIBATID MITES OF CANADA AND ALASKA Zootaxa 4666 (1) © 2019 Magnolia Press · 3 Family Astegistidae ........................................................................................73 Family Gustaviidae ........................................................................................74 Family Kodiakellidae .......................................................................................74 Family Liacaridae .........................................................................................75 Family Peloppiidae ........................................................................................77 Family Tenuialidae .........................................................................................81 Family Carabodidae ........................................................................................82 Family Autognetidae .......................................................................................85 Family Machuellidae .......................................................................................86 Family Oppiidae ...........................................................................................86 Family Quadroppiidae ......................................................................................93 Family Thyrisomidae .......................................................................................94
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