Achipteria coleoptrata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 109

Achipteria coleoptrata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name: Acarus coleoptratus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Hammer, 1952a)

Combination: Notaspis coleoptratus ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; ( Willmann 1931).

Synonymy: Oribata ovalis Nicolet, 1855 : ( van der Hammen 1952), Oribates nicoletii Berlese, 1883 : ( van der Hammen 1952), Oribata intermedia Michael, 1898 : ( van der Hammen 1952).

Geographic Location: AB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W, fen ( Finnamore 1994); ABMI Sites; Moose Pasture Research Site ( Walter et al. 2014); ABMI sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Morgan Arboretum ( Sylvain & Buddle 2010).

Habitats: wet meadow with Eriophorum , moss, Pinguicula, Carex , grass and scattered Salix ; peatlands; beech, conifer litter.

Distribution: Holarctic.