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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ZooKeys
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journal article
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Quedius molochinus
(
Gravenhorst, 1802
)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
: Queens Co.:
Harrington,
7.IX.2006
, C. Noronha, potato field, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC).
Majka and Klimaszewski (2008)
neglected to note that
Q. molochinus
also is known on Prince Edward Island (in addition to Nova Scotia) from a specimen collected in 2006 (Majka 2007). Th erefore, this species is added to the list of adventive staphylinids found on Prince Edward Island.
Quedius molochinus
was first discovered
1949 in
North America in Newfoundland (
Smetana 1971
). It is widely distributed in Europe and
Russia
south to North Africa and the Caucasus (
Herman 2001
;
Smetana 2004b
). All North American specimens have been found in land affected by cultivation (
Smetana 1971
; Majka 2007).