New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
reginaldwebster@rogers.com
Author
Smetana, Ales
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2469
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2469
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Quedius (Quedius) curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908
Map 19
Material examined.
Additional New Brunswick records. Carleton Co.
, Jackson Falls, Bell Forest,
46.2152°N
,
67.7190°W
, 21.VIII.2004, 15.IX.2004, R. P. Webster, upper river margin under litter on clay soil (2 ♀, RWC); Hovey Hill P.N.A.,
46.1115°N
,
67.7770°W
, 10.V.2005, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest in moist leaf litter and moss on margin of vernal pond (2 ♂, 1♀, RWC).
York Co.
, Pokiok, 2.VI.1995, (G. Gesner) pitfall trap (1♂, AFC); Charters Settlement,
45.8395°N
,
66.7391°W
, 30.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in compost (decaying vegetables) (1 ♂, RWC); same locality data, collector, and forest type, 5.IX.2006, in pile of decaying corncobs and cornhusks (1♀, RWC).
Collection and habitat data.
This species has been reported mostly from around human settlements in various kinds of debris and under stones (
Smetana (1971a)
. Adults have also been found in natural habitats in moss and leaf litter (
Smetana 1971a
, 1978). In New Brunswick, adults were collected in natural habitats (river margin in litter, in moist leaf litter and moss on vernal pond margin in a hardwood forest) and in synanthropic situations (in compost and pile of decaying corncobs and cornhusks near a home). Adults were collected in April, May, June, August, and September.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
BC, ON, NB, NS (
Smetana 1971a
;
Majka and Smetana 2007
;
Brunke and Marshall 2011
). This adventive species was first reported from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (and eastern North America) by
Majka and Smetana (2007)
. An earlier record (Truro, 1984) from Nova Scotia was later reported by
Majka and Klimaszewski (2008a)
. The record from New Brunswick was based on a specimen collected by CG Majka at
Mary's
Point in 2002.
Map
19.
Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Quedius curtipennis
.