Ceratoppia sphaerica (L. Koch, 1879 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 79

Ceratoppia sphaerica (L. Koch, 1879)

Original name: Oppia sphaerica L. Koch, 1879 ( Hammer 1944)

Combination: Ceratoppia bipilis sphaerica (L. Koch, 1879) ; ( Hammer 1944), Eremaeus bipilis sphaerica (L. Koch, 1879) ; ( Kulczynski 1902), Notaspis bipilis sphaerica (L. Koch, 1879) ; ( Trägårdh 1904).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anaktuvuk Pass ( Hammer 1955a); Kodiak Is. ( Hammer 1967); Barrow ( Hammer 1955a; Hurd & Lindquist 1958; Bohnsack 1968; Douce 1976); Cape Thompson ( Watson et al. 1966); Atqasuk; Northern, northwestern and southwestern coastal plain; Brooks Range; Fairbanks Region; Aleutian Islands; Pribilof Islands ( 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); YT: coastal plain (Behan & Hill 1978); Richardson Mtns; Eagle Plain; Ogilvie Mtns ( Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Tuktoyaktuk ( Behan 1978a).

Habitats: tundra, lichen heath.

Distribution: Holarctic.