Roynortonella gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952)

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Roynortonella gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952)

Original name: Gymnodamaeus gildersleeveae Hammer, 1952 ( Walter 2009)

Combination: Nortonella gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952) ; ( Paschoal 1982), Paschoalia gildersleeveae (Hammer, 1952) ; ( Özdikmen 2008).

Geographic Location: AK: Barrow ( Hurd & Lindquist 1958; Bohnsack 1973); YT: Ogilvie Mtns (Behan- Pelletier 1997b); NT: Yellowknife, near Great Slave lake ( Hammer 1952a); AB: Kananaskis Valley, Lodgepole pine ( Powell & Skaley 1975); Lamont County (53°39’N, 112°46’W) Edmonton River Valley; ABMI site 330 (57.66861725 N, - 110.962219 W); site 618 (56.38592148 N, - 117.012878 W) ( Walter 2009); ABMI Sites; Moose Pasture Research Site ( Walter et al. 2014); MB: Southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970); ON: Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002).

Habitats: depression among rocks under spruce with moss, liverworts, lichens; dry litter on SW slope; mixed deciduous coniferous forest.

Distribution: Nearctic.