Platynothrus thori ( Berlese, 1904 )

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Platynothrus thori ( Berlese, 1904)

Original name: Angelia thori Berlese, 1904 ( Sellnick 1955)

Combination: Heminothrus thori ( Berlese, 1904) ; ( Willmann 1931), Nothrus (Heminothrus) thori ( Berlese, 1904) ; ( Berlese 1913), Heminothrus (Capillonothrus) thori ( Berlese, 1904) ; ( Kunst 1971).

Geographic Location: AB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W, fen ( Finnamore 1994); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); Southeast, forest litter ( Oswald & Minty 1970); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); Abitibi, boreal mixedwood forest ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NL: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994).

Habitats: boreal peatlands and mixedwood forest; moist meadows with grass, moss, Pinguicula , Vaccinium, Andromeda.

Distribution: Holarctic; Oriental.