Oppiella washburni (Hammer, 1952)

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 92

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scientific name	Oppiella washburni (Hammer, 1952)
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Oppiella washburni (Hammer, 1952) View in CoL

Original name: Oppia washburni Hammer, 1952 (Balogh 1983)

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson ( Hammer 1955a); northern coastal plain; Brooks Range ( Behan 1978a); YT: Richardson Mts ( Hammer 1952a); NT: Mackenzie Delta subarctic ( Behan 1978a); BC: Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); Isaiah Creek study site ( Lindo & Stevenson 2007); AB: Banff; Mount Robson PP, Jasper ( Hammer 1952a); ABMI sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); NL: between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: Dryas heath; boreal forest litter; wet meadows; tussock tundra; Balsam fir forests.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Remarks: This species was considered a synonym of Oppiella nova by Subías (2004) and Weigmann (2006); we retain it herein pending further studies.

References

Battigelli, J. P., Spence, J. R., Langor, D. W. & Berch, S. M. (2004) Short-term impact of forest soil compaction and organic matter removal on soil mesofauna density and oribatid mite diversity. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research, 34, 1136 - 1149. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / x 03 - 267

Behan, V. M. (1978 a) Diversity, distribution and feeding habits of North American arctic soil Acari. Ph. D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 428 pp.

Dwyer, E., Larson, D. J. & Thompson, I. D. (1997) Oribatida (Acari) in Balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L. )) forests of Western Newfoundland. The Canadian Entomologist, 129 (1), 151 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 129151 - 1

Dwyer, E., Larson, D. J. & Thompson, I. D. (1998) Oribatid mite communities of old Balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L. )) forests of Western Newfoundland, Canada. Pedobiologia, 42 (4), 331 - 347.

Hammer, M. (1952 a) Investigations of the Microfauna of Northern Canada. Part I. Oribatidae. Acta Arctica, 4, 1 - 108.

Hammer, M. (1955 a) Alaskan oribatids. Acta Arctica, 7, 1 - 36.

Lindo, Z. & Stevenson, S. K. (2007) Diversity and distribution of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) associated with arboreal and terrestrial habitats in Interior Cedar-Hemlock Forests, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science, 81 (4), 305 - 315. https: // doi. org / 10.3955 / 0029 - 344 X- 81.4.305

Meehan, M. L., Song, Z., Lumley, L. M., Cobb, T. P. & Proctor, H. (2019) Soil mites as bioindicators of disturbance in the boreal forest in northern Alberta, Canada: Testing taxonomic sufficiency at multiple taxonomic levels. Ecological Indicators, 102, 349 - 368. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2019.02.043

Subias, L. S. (2004) Listado sistematico, sinonimico y biogeografico de los acaros oribatidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758 - 2002). Graellsia, 1982, 1 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2004. v 60. iExtra. 218

Weigmann, G. (2006) Hornmilben (Oribatida). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 76. Teil. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 520 pp.