Oribatella quadricornuta ( Michael, 1880 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 116

Oribatella quadricornuta ( Michael, 1880)

Original name: Oribata quadricornuta Michael, 1880 ( Grandjean 1929)

Combination: Notaspis quadricornuta ( Michael, 1880) ; ( Oudemans 1902).

Synonymy: Oribates flammula sensu Oudemans (1896) , non C.L. Koch (1839): ( van der Hammen 1952), Oribatella calcarata sensu Willmann (1931) , non C.L. Koch (1835): ( van der Hammen 1952).

Geographic Location: NT: Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic ( Behan 1978a); QC: Gatineau Park ( Pielou & Verma 1968; Pielou & Matthewman 1966; Matthewman & Pielou 1971; as Oribatella sp. nr. reticulata ); Morgan Arboretum ( Sylvain & Buddle 2010); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Behan-Pelletier 2011); NL: St. John’s, ( Behan-Pelletier 2011); PE: Cavendish (Behan- Pelletier 2011).

Habitats: boreal mixedwood forest; sedges in saltmarsh; Polyporus and Fomes sporophores; beech litter; weeds, moss, sod; litter under Rhododendron .

Distribution: Holarctic.