Scheloribates pallidulus (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 129

Scheloribates pallidulus (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Original name: Zetes pallidulus C.L. Koch, 1841 ( Willmann 1931)

Combination: Oribata pallidula (C.L. Koch, 1841) ; ( Michael 1898).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson ( Hammer 1955a); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Coastal Plain ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station; Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Baffin Is.; Ellesmere Is. ( Behan 1978a); BC: Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: Banff ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ON: near Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); QC: northern region ( Behan 1978a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); St. Clet ( Smith 1978); Morgan Arboretum ( Marshall 1968; Sylvain & Buddle 2010); St-Paulin ( Doblas-Miranda et al. 2014); Western Québec ( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015); NL: peatlands (Behan- Pelletier & Bissett 1994).

Habitats: tussock tundra; beach vegetation with Dryas and scattered Hedysarum ; beach ridge with Elymus sp., Ribes , Epilobium ; peatlands; boreal forest litter; beech, maple, conifer litter.

Distribution: Semicosmopolitan.