Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska Author Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. Author Lindo, Zoë text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-06 4666 1 1 180 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1 1175-5326 4000595 BA01E30E-7F64-49AB-910A-7EE6E597A4A4 Trichoribates polaris Hammer, 1953 Geographic Location : AK : Barrow ( Hammer 1955a ; Hurd & Lindquist 1958 ; Bohnsack 1968 , 1973 ); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966 ); northern and northwestern coastal plain; Fairbanks Region; Denali NP; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula; Pribilof Islands ( Behan 1978a ); Brooks Range, Dalton Hwy. crossing of Kanuti River ( Behan 1978a ; Behan-Pelletier 1985; Hammer (1955a) ; YT : Richardson Mtns, Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b ); modern fossils ( Matthews & Telka 1997 ); NT : Banks Is. ( Behan 1978a ); Victoria Is., southwest of Collinson Inlet (Behan-Pelletier 1985); NU : Devon Is. ( Ryan 1977 ; Behan 1978a ); Ellesmere Is.: Slidre Fiord ( Hammer 1953 ); Alexandra Fiord, Oldsquaw nest; Quttinirpaaq NP: Hazen Camp, 81°49’N , 71°16’W ( Behan 1978a ); Hazen Camp ( Kevan et al. 1995 ); Hot Weather Creek ( Brodo 2000 ); Bathurst Is., 75°43’N , 98°25’W ( Danks and Byers 1972 ; Behan 1978a ); Melville Is., Baily Point; Axel Heiberg Is. ( Behan 1978a ). Habitats : arctic coastal plain; tussock tundra; Salix , Betula, Sphagnum litter in moist bog; lemming nest. Distribution : Nearctic; eastern Palaearctic.