Quadroppia quadricarinata ( Michael, 1885 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 93

Quadroppia quadricarinata ( Michael, 1885)

Original name: Notaspis quadricarinata Michael, 1885 ( Jacot 1939b)

Combination: Dameosoma quadricarinatum ( Michael, 1885) ; ( Marshall 1968), Oppia quadricarinata ( Michael, 1885) ; ( Willmann 1931), Oppiella quadricarinata ( Michael, 1885) ; ( Seniczak 1975).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Northwest coastal region; Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region; Denali NP; Chugach Mtns; Kenai Peninsula; Aleutian Islands ( Behan 1978a); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); Coastal Plain; Porcupine Plain; Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Tuktoyaktuk; Mackenzie Delta arctic and subarctic; Banks Is. ( Behan 1978a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Baffin Is.; Igloolik Is. ( Behan 1978a); BC: Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley ( Lindo & Winchester 2006; Lindo & Winchester 2007; Lindo 2010); Victoria ( Shackelford et al. 2018); Sicamous Creek ( Berch et al. 2007); Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: Kananaskis ( McLean & Parkinson 1998); EMEND Site ( Lindo & Visser 2004); ABMI Sites; Meanook, Moose Pasture Research Site ( Walter & Latonas 2012); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); QC: Abitibi ( Déchêne & Buddle 2009, 2010).

Habitats: tussock tundra heath and peatlands; temperate and boreal forest litter including Western redcedar, Lodgepole pine, White spruce and Trembling aspen.

Distribution: Semicosmopolitan.