Ceratozetes cuspidatus Jacot, 1939

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Ceratozetes cuspidatus Jacot, 1939

Original name: Ceratozetes gracilis cuspidatus Jacot, 1939 ( Behan-Pelletier 1984)

Geographic Location: BC: Trinity Valley Field Station ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); Isaiah Creek study site ( Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Madeline Lake ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); Vancouver Is.: Bamfield Marine Station; Cowichan Lake Research Station; Trial Is. Ecological Reserve ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); AB: Waterton Lakes NP, Mother Duck Trail; Cameron Lake, 1 mi. N. Moraine Lake, 8 mi. S. Lake Louise ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); ABMI Sites; Moose Pasture Research Site ( Walter et al. 2014); ABMI Sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018); SK: Cypress Hills PP, Loch Lomond area; Prince Albert NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984; Behan- Pelletier & Eamer 2009); MB: Duck Mountain PP; Riding Mountain NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984; Behan- Pelletier & Eamer 2009); ON: Chalk River; Manitoulin Is.; South shore Black Sturgeon Lake, 43 mi. N. Hurkett; Poshkokagan River crossing, 17 mi. N. Black Sturgeon Lake Field Station; St. Lawrence Islands NP: Thwartway Is.; Grenadier Is. ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Petawawa National Forestry Institute, Chalk River ( Bird & Chatarpaul 1986); Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); Shaw Woods Nature Preserve (Behan- Pelletier & Eamer 2009); QC: Morgan Arboretum; Mt. Tremblant ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Forillon NP; Parc national de la Gaspésie ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NB: Lake George; Kouchibouguac NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Kouchibouguac NP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); NS: Kejimkujik NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Cape Breton Highlands NP ( Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987; Behan-Pelletier 2010); NL: Pasadena ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998); PE: Cabot PP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984).

Habitats: boreal mixedwood forest; muskeg; beech litter; Red oak, Sugar maple, rhododendron, Vaccinium litter; Balsam fir forests; Douglas-fir, spruce, Ponderosa pine, Western redcedar and Sitka spruce litter; Bigleaf maple litter; debris under rotten Thuja .

Distribution: Nearctic.