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 . ..