The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records Author Majka, Christopher Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada Author Klimaszewski, Jan St. Francis Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Author Lauff, Randolph St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish ,, Canada text ZooKeys 2008 2008-09-04 2 2 115 150 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.2.2 6a4658b7-ce15-45fb-8985-b925e1490704 1313–2970 576408 Philonthus couleensis Hatch, 1957 NOVA SCOTIA : Halifax Co. : Sable Island , 5-12.VII.1967 , H. Howden , (1, CNC ) ; Victoria Co. : Dingwall , 20.IX.1984 , J.M. Campbell and A. Davies , (1, CNC ) . Smetana (1995: 331) wrote, “ Philonthus couleensis is a pronouncedly hygrophilous species, occurring in a wide variety of wet habitats … even in marshy habitats along sea beaches”. There are scattered records in New Brunswick , Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia ( Smetana 1995 ) including a few from coastal habitats. Its distribution in North America is shown in Smetana (1995) .