Liochthonius sellnicki ( Thor, 1930 )

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Liochthonius sellnicki ( Thor, 1930)

Original name: Brachychthonius sellnicki Thor, 1930 ( McAlpine 1965)

Combination: Liochthonius sellnicki Thor (misidentified); ( McAlpine 1964).

Synonymy: Brachychthonius scalaris Forsslund, 1942 : ( Ghilarov 1975), Brachychthonius brevis ( Michael, 1888) sensu Hammer (1944) : ( Moritz 1976b), Brachychthonius nodosus Willmann, 1952 : ( Moritz 1976b).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a); Barrow ( Hurd & Lindquist 1958; Bohnsack 1968, 1973; MacLean et al. 1977); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Brooks Range; northern coastal plain ( Behan 1978a); Elliott Highway Burn, (65°19’N, 149°06’W) ( Thomas & McLean 1988); YT: Richardson Mtns ( Hammer 1952a); coastal plain; Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station ( Hammer 1952a); NU: Coppermine ( Hammer 1952a); Ellef Rignes Is. ( McAlpine 1964, 1965); Devon Is. ( Ryan 1977); King Christian Is.; Somerset Is. ( Behan 1978a); Ellesmere Is., Slidre Fjord ( Hammer 1953); Quttinirpaaq NP, Hazen Camp ( Kevan et al. 1995); BC: Sicamous Creek ( Berch et al. 2007); AB: EMEND Site ( Lindo & Visser 2004); MB: Churchill ( Hammer 1952a); QC: Mont Tremblant (Behan et al. 1978).

Habitats: dry and moist tundra habitats with mixed vegetation; White spruce, Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir litter.

Distribution: Holarctic.