Ceratozetes mediocris Berlese, 1908

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 132

Ceratozetes mediocris Berlese, 1908

Geographic Location: AB: Kananaskis Country ( Mitchell 1978); Cypress Hills PP, 3 mi. S. Elkwater ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Waterton Lakes NP; Writing-on-Stone PP; Cypress Hills PP ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014); SK: Battlefords PP; Moose Mt. PP; Prince Albert NP; Cypress Hills PP, Loch Lomond; Duck Lake PP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Saskatoon National Grasslands ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); MB: Spruce Woods PP; Riding Mt. NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); ON: St. Lawrence Islands NP: Grenadier Is.; McDonald Is.; Thwartway Is.; Backus Woods Conservation Area, 4 mi N. Port Rowan; Long Point NWA: Courtright Ridge; Squire’s Ridge; Little Creek Ridges; Rondeau PP; Pt. Pelee NP; 6 mi. W. Richmond ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Petawawa National Forestry Institute, Chalk River ( Bird & Chatarpaul 1986); Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); Shaw Woods Nature Preserve; Otter Lake; A’nowaghi Forest and Wetland ( Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009); n ear Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); QC: Stanstead Co., Amy Rd., 0.5 km N. Jack Cold Rd; Gatineau Park ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); Morgan Arboretum ( Behan-Pelletier 1984, Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2009; Sylvain & Buddle 2010); NB: Kouchibouguac NP ( Behan-Pelletier 1984); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010; Behan- Pelletier et al. 1987).

Habitats: AB: mixed prairie; fescue grassland; aspen forest; kinnikinnick mat and soil; mixed coniferhardwood forest; slough in maple oak parkland; grass litter in black-oak, maple woodland; Lirodendron tulipifera litter; Quercus and mixed deciduous litter; Thuja swamp; White spruce, White birch and Trembling aspen litter; sphagnum .

Distribution: Semicosmopolitan.