Ceratoppia valerieae Lindo, 2011

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 79

Ceratoppia valerieae Lindo, 2011

Geographic Location: BC: Vancouver Is., Upper Walbran Valley; Cowichan Lake Field Station (48°50’N, 124°10’W) ; Upper Carmanah Valley (48°44’N, 124°37’W) ; Barkley Sound (48°58’N, 124°6’W); Caycuse (48°53’N, 124°21’W); Mesachie Lake (48°48’N, 124°7’W) ; Honeymoon Bay (48°48’N, 124°10’W) ; Municipality of the Highlands (48°32’N, 123°30’W) ; Graham Is., Haida Gwaii (53°28’N, 132°25’W) ; Tweedsmuir South PP (53°3’N, 126°21’W); Garibaldi PP (49°53’N, 122°47’W); E.C. Manning PP (49°10’N, 119°33’W) ; Spruce Bay Beach (49°3’N, 120°50’W) ; Oliver (49°3’N, 120°46’W); Madeline Lake , Penticton (49°30’N, 119°38’W) ; Lumby (50°15’N, 118°58’W); Sugar Lake (50°24’N, 118°29’W) ; Silverton (49°55’N, 117°22’W); AB: Waterton Lakes NP (49°8’N, 113°58’W) ( Lindo 2011) .

Habitats: suspended soil and bark of Western redcedar; leaf litter beside creek; decaying moss on trunk under Western redcedar.

Distribution: Nearctic.