Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species
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Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Bourdon, Caroline
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
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Hughes, Cory C.
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Labrecque, Myriam
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ZooKeys
2016
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85
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Oligota pusillima Gravenhorst, 1806†
Figs 394-400
Material
examined.
Canada, New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement,
45.8395°N
,
66.7391°W
, 30.IX.2007, 5.X.2007, 27.IV.2008, 8.VIII.2010, 7.IX.2010, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs & cornhusks (2 ♂, 4 ♀, RWC); same data but 5.X.2007, 3.IX.2010 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, LFC).
Natural history.
Oligota pusillima
was found in a pile of decaying and moldy corncobs and cornhusks near a composter in a residential area adjacent to a mixed forest. Mites were abundant in the moldy corncobs and cornhusks where the specimens were collected. Adults were collected during April, August, September, and October.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
NB (New Canadian record).
Comments.
Oligota pusillima
is considered a cosmopolitan species (
Smetana 2004
). It was known in the USA from MA (
Fauvel 1889
) and NY (synonyms
Oligota linearis
Casey and
Oligota parallela
Casey), but it was never before recorded from Canada.
Figures 394-400.
Oligota pusillima
Gravenhorst: 394 habitus in dorsal view 395 median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view 396 male tergite VIII 397 male sternite VIII 398 female tergite VIII 399 female sternite VIII 400 spermatheca. Scale bar of habitus = 1 mm; remaining scale bars = 0.2 mm.