Adventive Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: further contributions
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec, QC, Canada
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Lathrobium (s. str.) fulvipenne
(Gravenhorst, 1806)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
:
8 miles
west of
Creston
,
VI.1968
,
J.M. Campbell
and
A. Smetana
, (1,
CNC
).
ALBERTA
:
Strathcona Co.
:
Edmonton, University Farm, 1984,
C.D. Griffi
ths, canola plot, (1,
UASM
).
NEWFOUNDLAND
: Corner Brook, Loggers School Road,
VII.1992
, CFNL;
St. John’s
, 1986, (1,
MUN
).
NEW BRUNSWICK:
Albert Co.
:
Shepody National Wildlife Area
,
V.2004
,
R.P. Webster
, RWC
;
Restigouche
Co.
:
Southeast Upsalquitch River
,
16.V.1991
,
D.F. McAlpine
, (1,
NBM
)
;
York
Co.
:
Charters Settlement
,
IV.2005
,
R.P. Webster
, (1,
RWC
).
QUÉBEC
:
HautSaint-François
;
Scotstown
,
15.V.2006
,
19.VI.2006
,
26.VI.2006
,
14.V.2007
,
C. Levesque
, abandoned pasture and mixed woodland,
pitfall trap
, (5,
CLC
)
.
Campbell and Davies (1991)
indicated the presence of
Lathrobium fulvipenne
in British Columbia, Alberta, and Newfoundland, however, no specimen records were provided. We, therefore, take the opportunity to document its presence (from as early as 1968) from five Canadian provinces. Records from New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Québec are shown in
Fig. 1
. It is widely distributed throughout the Palaearctic region (
Alonso-Zarazaga 2007
). It has also been recorded once in
Greenland
, although it is not clear if this represents an accidental introduction or if the species is native there (
Böcher 1988
).
In
Iceland
and the
Faroe Islands
it is found in dry grasslands; however, in the rest of Europe it is found in moister environments, i.e., under fallen leaves in coppices or small woods, in leaf litter in alder groves, and in meadows (
Böcher 1988
). In continental Europe, it is eurytopic and also common in synantropic habitats (V. Assing, pers. comm).
Eyre et al. (2001)
found
L. fulvipenne
to be abundant in riverine environments in northern
England and Scotland
similar to the site where the species was found in New Brunswick.