First Canadian record of the water mite Thermacarus nevadensis Marshall, 1928 (Arachnida: Acariformes: Hydrachnidiae: Thermacaridae) from hot springs in British Columbia

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e9550
• Publication Date: 2016-07-22T12:00:56Z
• Authors: Jennifer Heron; Cory Sheffield
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Canada; Arthropoda; Paratydeoidea; Nephrozoa; Protostomia; Trombidiformes; Circumscriptional names of the taxon under; 01 natural sciences; Heteronychus; Arachnida; Thelyphonida; DNA barcode; Animalia; Bilateria; Acari; Thermacarus; Amerothyasella tiunovae; Rhynchohydracaridae; Hot springs; British Columbia; Thermacaridae; Cephalornis; Acariformes; Notchia; Prostigmata; Ecdysozoa; Chasmataspidida; Taxonomic Paper; Thermacarus nevadensis; Coelenterata

Thermacarus nevadensis Marshall, 1928 is an uncommonly collected mite associated with hot spring environments in the western United States. Information on its distribution and ecology are incomplete.In this paper, we report from northern British Columbia. These records represent first of Thermacaridae Canada, most species North America, for family globally. We also provide short notes images habitats which specimens have been Canada.