Diapterobates notatus ( Thorell, 1871 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 135-136

Diapterobates notatus ( Thorell, 1871)

Original name: Oribata notata Thorell, 1871 ( Hammer 1955a)

Combination: Notaspis trimaculatus notatus ( Thorell, 1871) ; ( Trägårdh 1901), Notaspis notatus ( Thorell, 1871) ; ( Kulczynski 1902), Trichoribates notatus ( Thorell, 1871) ; ( Hammer 1952a).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Barrow ( Hammer 1955a; Hurd & Lindquist 1958; Bohnsack 1968, 1973; Behan 1978a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Northern and northwestern coastal plain; Fairbanks Region ( Behan 1978a); coastal tundra;Atqasuk; Brooks Range; Seward Peninsula; Cape Thompson; Cape Krusenstern; Icy Cape; Prudhoe Bay; Kotzebue; Kenai Peninsula, bank of Kenai River; Fairbanks; Mastodon Dome; Denali NP (Behan-Pelletier 1985); Kodiak Is., West of Pinguicula Lake ( Hammer 1967) ; YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); Ivvavik NP, British Mtns: 69°74’N, 140°03’W; 69°13’N, 140°05’W; 69°101N, 140°18’W; 69°08’N, 140°14’W; 69°15’N, 140°09’W; 69°17’N, 140°23’W; 69°27’N, 140°25’W; 69°25’N, 139°22’W; Herschel Is. ( Behan 1978a); Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station ( Hammer 1952a); Banks Is., Nanuk; Victoria Is. (Behan-Pelletier 1985); NU, Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Keewatin; Baffin Is.; Victoria Is. ( Behan 1978a); Baker Lake (Behan & Hill 1978); Baffin Is., Pangnirtung; Igloolik Is. (Behan-Pelletier 1985); AB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W ( Finnamore 1994); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Northern region ( Behan 1978a); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP, South Harbour ( Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987; 2010).

Habitats: tussock tundra; wet Sphagnum and other moss in willow thicket; wet meadow; spruce litter and moss; high polygon top with moss, Carex , Salix phlebophylla , Cassiope ; Populus balsamifera litter and soil; alpine meadow with Equisetum , Eriophorum , moss, Carex ; lichen heath with Dryas .

Distribution: Holarctic.