Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Bourdon, Caroline
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
Hughes, Cory C.
Author
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
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016
1313-2970-573-85
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Taxon
classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Philhygra pseudolarsoni Klimaszewski & Godin, 2012
Figs 241-247
Philhygra pseudolarsoni
(For diagnosis, see
Klimaszewski et al. 2012
)
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., Goodfellow Brook P.N.A.,
46.8943°N
,
65.3796°W
, 23.V.2007, R.P. Webster, coll. // Old-growth eastern white cedar swamp, in litter, grasses & moss on hummocks near water (1 ♂, RWC). Restigouche Co., Summit Lake,
47.7825°N
,
68.3199°W
, 7.VI.2011, R.P. Webster // Lake margin,
Carex
marsh, treading
Carex
hummocks and emergent vegetation (1 ♂, RWC); Wild Goose Lake, 420 m elev.,
47.8540°N
,
68.3219°W
, 7.VI.2011, 20.VI.2011, R.P. Webster // Lake margin with emergent
Carex
and grasses, treading
Carex
and grasses (2 ♂, RWC). Saint John Co., ca. 2 km NE of Maces Bay,
45.1161°N
,
66.4560°W
, 8.V.2006, R.P. Webster, coll. // Eastern white cedar swamp, in sphagnum and litter near brook (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement,
45.8395°N
,
66.7391°W
, 17.V.2010, R.P. Webster // Mixed forest opening, collected with net during evening flight between 16:30 and 18:00 h (1 ♂, RWC).
Natural history.
Most specimens of
Philhygra pseudolarsoni
from NB were found in wetland habitats. Adults were sifted from litter, grasses, and moss on hummocks near water and sifting sphagnum and litter near a brook in eastern white cedar swamps, and treading
Carex
hummocks and emergent vegetation in a
Carex
marsh along lake margins. One individual was collected with a net between 16:30 and 18:00 h in a mixed forest opening during a warm evening. The type and paratypes from the YT were sifted from soil litter from deciduous and mixed forests (
Klimaszewski et al. 2012
), otherwise little was previously known about the habitat associations of this species. Adults were collected during May and June.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
YT, NB (
Klimaszewski et al. 2012
;
Bousquet et al. 2013
).
Philhygra pseudolarsoni
was described from the YT (
Klimaszewski et al. 2012
). The data presented here suggest that this species has a transcontinental distribution in Canada.
Figures 241-247.
Philhygra pseudolarsoni
Klimaszewski & Godin: 241 habitus in dorsal view 242 median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view 243 male tergite VIII 244 male sternite VIII 245 female tergite VIII 246 female sternite VIII 247 female pygydium. Scale bar of habitus = 1 mm; remaining scale bars = 0.2 mm.