Tyrphonothrus maior ( Berlese, 1910 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 46

Tyrphonothrus maior ( Berlese, 1910)

Original name: Malaconothrus maior Berlese, 1910 ( Colloff 2013)

Synonymy: Malaconothrus novus Sellnick, 1921 , Trimalaconothrus novus ( Sellnick, 1921) : ( Norton & Kethley 1990), Camisia monodactylus sensu Oudemans (1925) : ( van der Hammen 1952), Trimalaconothrus tardus sensu Buitendijk (1945) non Michael (1888): ( Colloff 2013).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson ( Hammer 1955a); Gulf of Alaska, Samovar Hills, 60°17’N 140°37’W ( Block 1966); Brooks Range; Denali NP; Fairbanks Region; Atqasuk ( Behan 1978a); Seward Peninsula, near to Cape Espenberg, 66°28′22″N, 163°56′56″W, greyish tephra from Aniakchak eruption ( Blackford et al. 2014); NT: Yellowknife ( Hammer 1952a); Tuktoyaktuk; MacKenzie Delta, subarctic ( Behan 1978a); peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Baffin Is.; Ellesmere Is. ( Behan 1978a); AB: ABMI sites ( Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); ON: near White River ( Barreto & Lindo 2018); QC: Timmins 54°60’N, 67°00’W ( Behan 1978a); NB: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Southern New Brunswick Uplands (Behan-Pelletier 2010); NS: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994); Cape Breton Highlands NP (Behan-Pelletier 2010; Behan-Pelletier et al. 1987); NL: peatlands ( Behan-Pelletier & Bissett 1994).

Habitats: Muskeg; tundra; peatlands.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.