New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2491
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2491
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Lordithon (Bolitobus) longiceps (LeConte, 1863)
Map 19
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest,
46.2200°N
,
67.7231°W
, 16.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, on
Bjerkandera adusta
(Willd.) P. Karsten on dead standing beech tree and on a beech log (2 ♂, 4 ♀, RWC); Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve,
46.1897°N
,
67.6710°W
, 12.IX.2008, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on mass of
Pholiota
sp. mushrooms at base of dead standing
Populus
sp. (1 ♂, RWC). Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A.,
47.9064
°N
,
68.3441°W
, 31.V-15.VI.2011, K. Van Rooyen & C. Hughes, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC).
Map 19. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Lordithon longiceps
.
Collection and habitat data.
Little is known about the habitat requirements of this rare species.
Campbell (1982)
reported that adults have been taken on rotting
gilled
mushrooms. Most of the specimens from New Brunswick were collected from the fleshy polypore fungus,
Bjerkandera adusta
(Willd.) P. Karsten growing on a dead, standing American beech tree and a beech log. One individual was found in a mass of
Pholiota
sp. mushrooms at the base of a dead, standing
Populus
sp. Another individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap. Adults were found in mature hardwood and adjacent mixed forests, and in an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest. This species was collected during September in New Brunswick.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
AK, BC, AB, ON, PQ, NB, NS (
Campbell 1982
;
Campbell and Davies 1991
). This northern species has a very broad distribution from Alaska to Nova Scotia, but with large distributional gaps between known localities (
Campbell 1982
).