Epidamaeus arcticolus (Hammer, 1952)

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 57-58

Epidamaeus arcticolus (Hammer, 1952)

Original name: Belba arcticola Hammer, 1952 ( Ghilarov 1975)

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); northern coastal plain; Brooks Range; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula; Denali NP; Fairbanks Region; Atqasuk; Aleutian Islands ( Behan 1978a); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W), Atigun, (68°16’N, 149°24’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); Denali NP; Fairbanks, S. of Chena Ridge; Kanuti River; Brooks Range; Sukakpak Mt.; S. of Chandalar; Toolik Lake; Atqasuk; Cape Thompson ( Behan-Pelletier & Norton 1983); YT: Ivvavik NP; Coastal and Porcupine Plains; British Mtns; Richardson Mtns; Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station; ( Hammer 1952a); Mackenzie Delta ( Behan 1978a; Behan- Pelletier & Norton 1983); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Baffin Is. ( Behan 1978a); BC: Mainland, Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019).

Habitats: arctic and alpine tundra, including tussock heath and northern coastal plain; moist bog litter; boreal forest litter.

Distribution: Nearctic; eastern Palaearctic.