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Mycobatidae (Acari: Oribatida) of Pacific Northwest canopy habitats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier ,
Barbara Eamer  and
Marilyn Clayton
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier*
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Program, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, KW Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Barbara Eamer
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Program, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, KW Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Marilyn Clayton
Affiliation:
Forest Biodiversity Network, Canadian Forest Service–Pacific, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 1M5
*
1 Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed (E-mail: behanpv@em.agr.ca).
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Abstract

Three new species of oribatid mites in two genera of Mycobatidae are recorded from canopy habitats of coniferous temperate rainforest and montane forest in the Pacific Northwest of North America. These species, Mycobates acuspidatussp.nov., M. corticeussp.nov., and Zachvatkinibates epiphytossp.nov., are described on the basis of adults and immatures. The previous key for adult Mycobates species of America north of Mexico is modified to include these new species, and a key for adults is given for the three species of Zachvatkinibates now known from North America.

Résumé

Trois nouvelles espèces d’oribates appartenant à deux genres de Mycobatidae ont été recensées dans le couvert de la forêt de conifères tempérée pluvieuse et de la forêt de montagne du Nord-Ouest américain. On trouvera ici les descriptions de ces espèces, Mycobates acuspidatussp.nov., M. corticeussp.nov. et Zachvatkinibates epiphytossp.nov., basées sur l’examen d’adultes et de juvéniles. La clé des adultes de Mycobates d’Amérique au nord du Mexique est révisée et une seconde clé permettra d’identifier les adultes des trois espèces de Zachvatkinibates de l’Amérique du Nord.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 133 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 755 - 775
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2001

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