Sellnickochthonius suecicus ( Forsslund, 1942 )

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Sellnickochthonius suecicus ( Forsslund, 1942)

Original name: Brachychochthonius jugatus suecicus Forsslund, 1942 ( Ghilarov 1975)

Combination: Brachychthonius jugatus suecica ( Forsslund, 1942) ; ( Evans 1952b), Brachychthonius suecica ( Forsslund, 1942) ; ( van der Hammen, 1952), Brachychochthonius suecica ( Forsslund, 1942) ; ( Moritz 1963).

Synonymy: Brachychthonius jugatus sensu Niedbała (1972) non Jacot (1938): ( Moritz 1976b).

Geographic Location: YT: Porcupine Plain ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Yellowknife; Reindeer Station ( Hammer 1952a); NU: Baffin Is.; Ellesmere Is. ( Behan 1978a); BC: Isaiah Creek study site ( Lindo & Stevenson 2007); Interior ( Battigelli et al. 2004); AB: EMEND Site ( Lindo & Visser 2004); Kananaskis Valley ( McLean & Parkinson 1998); ON: Sudbury (St. John et al. 2002); QC: St. Clet ( Smith 1978).

Habitats: tundra; coniferous forest litter including White spruce and Lodgepole pine, deciduous forest litter including White birch and Trembling aspen.

Distribution: Holarctic.