Belba, von Heyden, 1826

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 57

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scientific name	Belba
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Belba View in CoL sp.

Geographic Location and Habitats: AK: Fort Richardson (as Belba sp.? clavipes ( Hermann, 1804), Anaktuvuk Pass (2 spp.) ( Hammer 1955a); Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region ( Behan 1978a); BC: Walbran Valley, Western redcedar trunk ( Lindo & Winchester 2006, 2007); Western redcedar canopy litter traps (Lindo 2010); Mainland, North of Kamloops ( Marshall 1979); Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: Kananaskis Valley, Lodgepole pine ( Powell & Skaley 1975); ABMI Sites (2 spp.); Dinosaur PP ( Walter et al. 2014); QC: Morgan Arboretum, forest litter ( Marshall 1968); Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); St. Clet ( Smith 1978); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); boreal claybelt region of Western Québec ( Doblas-Miranda & Work 2015).

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.

Dechene, A. D. & Buddle, C. M. (2009) Effects of experimental forest harvesting on oribatid mite biodiversity. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 1331 - 1341. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. foreco. 2009.06.033

Dechene, A. D. & Buddle, C. M. (2010) Decomposing logs increase oribatid mite assemblage diversity in mixedwood boreal forest. Biodiversity Conservation, 19, 237 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10531 - 009 - 9719 - y

Doblas-Miranda, E. & Work, T. T. (2015) Localized effects of coarse woody material on soil oribatid communities diminish over 700 years of stand development in black-spruce-feathermoss forests. Forests, 6, 914 - 928. https: // doi. org / 10.3390 / f 6040914

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

Hermann, J. (1804) Memoire apterologique. De l'imprimerie de FG Levrault, 152 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 137910

Lindo, Z. & Winchester, N. N. (2006) A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar trees. Pedobiologia, 50, 31 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2005.09.002

Marshall, V. G. (1968) Microarthropods from two Quebec woodland humus forms. III. The Sarcoptiformes (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of Quebec, 13, 65 - 88.

Marshall, V. G. (1979) Effects of the insectizide Diflubenzuron on soil mites of a dry forest zone in British Columbia. In: Rodriguez J. G. (Ed.), Recent Advances in Acarology, vol. 1, 129 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / B 978 - 0 - 12 - 592201 - 2.50024 - 5

Powell, J. M. & Skaley, L. S. (1975) Arthropods from forest litter under Lodgepole pine infected with comandra blister rust. Northern Forest Research Centre (Edmonton), Information Report NOR-X- 130, 33 pp.

Smith, T. D. (1978) The effects of six insecticides on non-target soil mesoarthropods from pasture on Ste. Rosalie clay loam, St. Clet, Quebec. Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, McGill University, Montreal, 234 pp.

Walter, D. E., Latonas, S., Byers, K. & Lumley, L. M. (2014) Almanac of Alberta Oribatida Part I. Ver. 2.4. Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB. 542 pp. Available from: https: // www. royalalbertamuseum. ca / research / lifeSciences / invertebrateZoology / research. cfm (accessed 20 March 2019)