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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Atheta (Datomicra) dadopora
Thomson, 1867
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
: Queens Co.:
St. Patricks,
18.VIII.2002
, C.G. Majka, along stream, (1, CGMC).
Atheta dadopora
is newly recorded on Prince Edward Island (
Fig. 5
). It has previously been recorded from Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (
Gusarov 2003
,
Klimaszewski et al. 2005
;
Majka and Klimaszewski 2008
). It is widely distributed across the Palaearctic region eastward to
China
and
Japan
(
Smetana 2004a
) and is found in decaying fungi, under cow dung, and fallen leaves (Burakowski et al. 1981). Although
Gusarov (2003)
listed it as an adventive Palaearctic species newly recorded in North America, its zoogeographic status is still unclear. It is possible that it could be Holarctic in distribution. It is provisionally included in this account as a Palaearctic species. The earliest records are from
Casey (1910)
from specimens collected in New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island (
Gusarov 2003
).