Scapheremaeus palustris ( Sellnick, 1924 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 104

Scapheremaeus palustris ( Sellnick, 1924)

Original name: Cymbaeremaeus (Scapheremaeus) palustris Sellnick, 1924 ( Willmann 1931)

Geographic Location: BC: Isaiah Creek study site ( Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley (Lindo et al. 2008; Lindo 2010); AB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W ( Finnamore 1994); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014); ON: St. Lawrence Is. NP; Chaffeys Locks; Thunder Bay District; Bells Corners; Mer Bleue; Backus Woods Conservation Area; Pinery PP; Vineland Station; Deseronto ( Norton et al. 2010); QC: peatlands (Behan- Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Parc national de la Gaspésie; Parc National de Frontenac; Forillon NP ( Norton et al. 2010); Gatineau Park ( Norton et al. 2010) Western Québec ( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Norton et al. 2010); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP ( Norton et al. 2010).

Habitats: mostly arboreal habitats including from bark, foliage, twigs of apple and pear trees, Redcedar, White pine; forest litter with Sugar maple, cedar, White spruce, Black spruce, Eastern hemlock, tamarack, beech, Red pine, Abies ; Fomes conk.

Distribution: Holarctic.