Title | New records of mites (Arachnida : acari) from sable island, nova scotia, Canada |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Majka, CG, Behan-Pelletier, V, Bajerlein, D, Bloszyk, J, Krantz, GW, Lucas, Z, Oconnor, B, Smith, IM |
Journal | Canadian Entomologist |
Volume | 139 |
Pagination | 690-699 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 0008-347X |
Abstract | The first investigations of the mite fauna of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, are reported. Fourteen species have been found. Uropoda orbicularis (Muller) (Uropodidae) and Scarabaspis inexpectatus (Oudemans) (Eviphididae) are newly recorded for North America, Macrocheles nemerdarius Krantz and Whitaker (Macrochelidae) is newly recorded for Canada, and Trichoribates striatus Hammer (Ceratozetidae) is recorded for the first time south of the subarctic zone. Colonization, dispersal, and the zoogeographic origins of the fauna are discussed in the context of the biological, geological, and human history of the island. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000250684500008 |