Fuscozetes fuscipes (C.L. Koch, 1844)

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 136-137

Fuscozetes fuscipes (C.L. Koch, 1844)

Original name: Oribates fuscipes C.L. Koch, 1844 ( Sellnick 1928)

Combination: Sphaerozetes (Trichoribates) fuscipes (C.L. Koch, 1844) ; ( Willmann 1931).

Synonymy: Galumna slossonae Banks, 1906 : ( Marshall et al. 1987).

Geographic Location: AK: Kodiak Is., West of Pinguicula Lake ( Hammer 1967) ; AB: peatlands (Behan- Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W ( Finnamore 1994); ABMI Sites; Moose Pasture Research Site; Edmonton, Jackie Parker Park, Meanook ( Walter et al. 2014); ABMI Sites ( Meehan et al. 2019); 35 km north of Fort McMurray ( McAdams et al. 2018); MB: Southeast ( Oswald & Minty 1970); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); ON: Ottawa ( Jacot 1935c); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NS: Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010).

Habitats: peatlands, bogs, fens; boreal forest with White spruce, Black spruce, Jack pine and Trembling aspen.

Distribution: Holarctic.