Trichoribates polaris Hammer, 1953

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Trichoribates polaris Hammer, 1953

Geographic Location: AK: Barrow ( Hammer 1955a; Hurd & Lindquist 1958; Bohnsack 1968, 1973); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); northern and northwestern coastal plain; Fairbanks Region; Denali NP; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula; Pribilof Islands ( Behan 1978a); Brooks Range, Dalton Hwy. crossing of Kanuti River ( Behan 1978a; Behan-Pelletier 1985; Hammer (1955a); YT: Richardson Mtns, Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); modern fossils ( Matthews & Telka 1997); NT: Banks Is. ( Behan 1978a); Victoria Is., southwest of Collinson Inlet (Behan-Pelletier 1985); NU: Devon Is. ( Ryan 1977; Behan 1978a); Ellesmere Is.: Slidre Fiord ( Hammer 1953); Alexandra Fiord, Oldsquaw nest; Quttinirpaaq NP: Hazen Camp, 81°49’N, 71°16’W ( Behan 1978a); Hazen Camp ( Kevan et al. 1995); Hot Weather Creek ( Brodo 2000); Bathurst Is., 75°43’N, 98°25’W ( Danks and Byers 1972; Behan 1978a); Melville Is., Baily Point; Axel Heiberg Is. ( Behan 1978a).

Habitats: arctic coastal plain; tussock tundra; Salix , Betula, Sphagnum litter in moist bog; lemming nest.

Distribution: Nearctic; eastern Palaearctic.