Thermacarus nevadensis Marshall, 1928

Heron, Jennifer & Sheffield, Cory, 2016, First Canadian record of the water mite Thermacarusnevadensis Marshall, 1928 (Arachnida: Acariformes: Hydrachnidiae: Thermacaridae) from hot springs in British Columbia, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 9550-9550 : 9550

Thermacarus nevadensis Marshall, 1928

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: RSKM_ENT_E-119203 ; recordedBy: J. Heron; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Thermacarusnevadensis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; family: Thermacaradiae; genus: Thermacarus; specificEpithet: nevadensis; scientificNameAuthorship: Marshall; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; locality: Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park ; decimalLatitude: 59.427028; decimalLongitude: -126.091976; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: C.S. Sheffield; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: eventDate: 09/25/2008; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: RSKM; collectionCode: ENT; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 D08; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 D08; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_D08+1413482324.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.431; decimalLongitude: -126.1; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 D09; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 D09; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_D09+1413482324.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.431; decimalLongitude: -126.1; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 D10; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 D10; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_D10+1413482324.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.431; decimalLongitude: -126.1; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 D11; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 D11; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_D11+1413482324.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.431; decimalLongitude: -126.1; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 D12; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 D12; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_D12+1413482324.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.616; decimalLongitude: -125.543; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?bin=BOLD:ACR1240; recordNumber: CCDB-22802 E01; recordedBy: C. Sheffield, J. Heron; individualID: CCDB-22802 E01; individualCount: 1; associatedMedia: http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/JHTHE/CCDB-22802_E01+1413483300.jpg; Taxon: phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; decimalLatitude: 59.616; decimalLongitude: -125.543; Identification: identifiedBy: Cory S. Sheffield; Event: eventDate: 2014-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Heron; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; preparations: in ethanol; Taxon: scientificName: Thermacarusnevadensis Marshall, 1928; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; family: Thermacaradiae; genus: Thermacarus; specificEpithet: nevadensis; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; locality: Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, Alpha Stream ; decimalLatitude: 59.42955; decimalLongitude: -126.10016; Identification: dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 03/23/2016; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: RSKM; collectionCode: ENT; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Heron; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; preparations: in ethanol; Taxon: scientificName: Thermacarusnevadensis Marshall, 1928; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; family: Thermacaradiae; genus: Thermacarus; specificEpithet: nevadensis; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; locality: Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, Alpha Stream ; decimalLatitude: 59.42955; decimalLongitude: -126.10016; Identification: dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 03/23/2016; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: RSKM; collectionCode: ENT; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Heron; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; preparations: in ethanol; Taxon: scientificName: Thermacarusnevadensis Marshall, 1928; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; family: Thermacaradiae; genus: Thermacarus; specificEpithet: nevadensis; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; locality: Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, Alpha Stream ; decimalLatitude: 59.42955; decimalLongitude: -126.10016; Identification: dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 03/23/2016; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: RSKM; collectionCode: ENT; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Heron; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; preparations: in ethanol; Taxon: scientificName: Thermacarusnevadensis Marshall, 1928; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Trombidiformes; family: Thermacaradiae; genus: Thermacarus; specificEpithet: nevadensis; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: British Columbia; locality: Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, Alpha Pool ; decimalLatitude: 59.427028; decimalLongitude: -126.091976; Identification: dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 09/25/2008; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: RSKM; collectionCode: ENT; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Canada, United States

Notes

Thermacaridae can be recognized using the keys of Cook (1974) and Walter et al. (2009). Additional detailed descriptions and images of Thermacarus nevadensis can be found in Marshall (1928) and Baker (1985).