New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Pselaphinae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Chandler, Donald S.
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2505
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2505
1313-2970-186-31
Batrisodes frontalis (LeConte, 1849)**
Map 11
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest,
46.2200°N
,
67.7231°W
, 5-12.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A,
46.1125°N
,
65.6075°W
, 31.
V-
11.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, 15-21.VII.2009, 28.VII-6.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A.
Giguere
, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, NBM, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A.,
45.8227°N
,
66.1209°W
, 12-26.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest,
45.9866°N
,
66.3841°W
, 13-21.VII.2009, 21-29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A.
Giguere
, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645,
45.6848°N
,
66.8821°W
, 17-26.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality and forest type but 21-28.VI.2009, 28.
VI-
7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A.
Giguere
, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC).
Map 11. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Batrisodes frontalis
.
Collection and habitat data.
Batrisodes
speciesare usually found in leaf litter, rotten wood on the forest floor, or in ant nests amongst the ants, particularly beneath the bark of conifers (
Chandler 2000
). They are known to be predators or scavengers on mites, earthworms, and the brood of ants (
Park 1947
).
Batrisodes frontalis
has been reported from beneath bark in the nests of three species of
Lasius
ants (
Wickham 1898
,
1900
;
Park 1947
). All specimens from New Brunswick were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in a mature hardwood forest, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest, a 110-year-old red spruce forest, and an old red pine forest. Adults were captured during June, July, and August.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
AB, MB, ON, QC, NB (
Davies 1991
).