Neoribates aurantiacus ( Oudemans, 1914 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 125

Neoribates aurantiacus ( Oudemans, 1914)

Original name: Galumna aurantiacus Oudemans, 1914 ( Sellnick 1928)

Geographic Location: AK: Fairbanks ( Hammer 1955a); Brooks Range ( Behan 1978a); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W); Chandalar (68°00’N, 149°45’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station;Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Tuktoyaktuk; Mackenzie Delta subarctic ( Behan 1978a); ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); AB: Wagner Natural Area, 8km W Edmonton, 53°34’N, 113°47’W ( Finnamore 1994); ABMI Sites ( Walter et al. 2014); MB: Whiteshell PP ( Pielou & Verma 1968); ON: Algonquin PP ( Pielou & Verma 1968); (near Chapleau ( Rousseau et al. 2018); QC: Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); Gatineau Park ( Pielou & Verma 1968; Matthewman & Pielou 1971); Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010); NB: nr. Wirral, 45°31’N, 66°30’W ( Pielou & Verma 1968); NL: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); between Corner Brook and Little Grand Lake ( Dwyer et al. 1997, 1998).

Habitats: shrub tundra; Dryas , Empetrum and Vaccinium vegetation with reindeer lichen and liverwort; peatlands; fen; boreal mixedwood forest; Balsam fir and Jack pine forests; Polyporus fungus. Distribution: Holarctic; Oriental.