Punctoribates palustris (Banks, 1895)

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 150-151

Punctoribates palustris (Banks, 1895)

Original name: Oribata palustris Banks, 1895 ( Marshall et al. 1987)

Combination: Galumna palustris (Banks, 1895) ; ( Banks 1907).

Synonymy: Galumna armipes Banks, 1906 : ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008), Punctoribates armipes ( Banks, 1906) : ( Marshall et al. 1987).

Geographic Location: YT: Klondike River Bridge ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); BC: Oliver; Grand Forks; Haynes Point; Richmond Nature Park; Vancouver Is.; Cowichan Lake Research Station (Behan- Pelletier & Eamer 2008); AB: Waterton Lakes NP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); ABMI Sites; Buck Creek (53°13’N, 114°46’W ( Walter et al. 2014); ABMI Sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); SK: Prince Albert NP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); ON: Black Sturgeon Lake; Timiskaming Co.; St. Lawrence Islands NP; Sudbury; A’nowaghi Forest ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); near White River ( Barreto & Lindo 2018); QC: Val des Monts; Parc National de Frontenac ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); NS: Wentworth PP; Cape Breton Highlands NP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008; Behan-Pelletier 2010); NL: ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2008); PE: (Behan-Pelletier 2010).

Habitats: boreal willow and poplar litter; sphagnum in peat bog; muskeg; litter of highbush blueberry, royal fern; surface debris on beaver house; under bark of Pinus resinosa ; Trembling aspen litter; Red oak litter.

Distribution: Holarctic.