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Acari of Canada
ZooKeys, Vol.819, pp.77-168
2019
Abstract
Summaries of taxonomic knowledge are provided for all acarine groups in Canada, accompanied by references to relevant publications, changes in classification at the family level since 1979, and notes on biology relevant to estimating their diversity. Nearly 3000 described species from 269 families are recorded in the country, representing a 56% increase from the 1917 species reported by Lindquist et al. (1979). An additional 42 families are known from Canada only from material identified to family- or genus-level. Of the total 311 families known in Canada, 69 are newly recorded since 1979, excluding apparent new records due solely to classification changes. This substantial progress is most evident in Oribatida and Hydrachnidia, for which many regional checklists and family-level revisions have been published. Except for recent taxonomic leaps in a few other groups, particularly of symbiotic mites (Astigmata: feather mites; Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae), knowledge remains limited for most other taxa, for which most species records are unpublished and may require verification. Taxonomic revisions are greatly needed for a large majority of families in Canada. Based in part on species recorded in adjacent areas of the USA and on hosts known to be present here, we conservatively estimate that nearly 10,000 species of mites occur in Canada, but the actual number could be 15,000 or more. This means that at least 70% of Canada's mite fauna is yet unrecorded. Much work also remains to match existing molecular data with species names, as less than 10% of the ~7500 Barcode Index Numbers for Canadian mites in the Barcode of Life Database are associated with named species. Understudied hosts and terrestrial and aquatic habitats require investigation across Canada to uncover new species and to clarify geographic and ecological distributions of known species.
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- Title
- Acari of Canada
- Authors
- Frederic Beaulieu (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaWayne Knee (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaVictoria Nowell (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaMarla Schwarzfeld (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaZoe Lindo (Author) - Western UniversityValerie M Behan-Pelletier (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLisa Lumley (Author) - Royal Alberta MuseumMonica R Young (Author) - University of GuelphIan Smith (Author) - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaHeather C Proctor (Author) - University of AlbertaSergei V Mironov (Author) - Zoological InstituteTerry D Galloway (Author) - University of ManitobaDavid E Walter (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastEvert E Lindquist (Author) - Zoological Institute
- Publication details
- ZooKeys, Vol.819, pp.77-168
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.3897/zookeys.819.28307
- ISSN
- 1313-2989
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2019 Frédéric Beaulieu, Wayne Knee, Victoria Nowell, Marla Schwarzfeld, Zoë Lindo, Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier, Lisa Lumley, Monica R. Young, Ian Smith, Heather C. Proctor, Sergei V. Mironov, Terry D. Galloway, David E. Walter, Evert E. Lindquist. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450611702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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