Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Davies, Anthony E.
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Bourdon, Caroline
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ZooKeys
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7830
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7830
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Carpelimus subtilis (Erichson, 1839)†
Figs 36-37
Material
examined.
New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A.,
47.9030°N
,
68.3503°W
, 15-27.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster // Old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♂, RWC). York Co., Keswick River at Rt. 105,
45.9938°N
,
66.8344°W
, 3.VI.2008, R.P. Webster // Silver maple swamp near river margin, in leaf and grass litter on mud/clay soil (2 ♂, 1 ♀ HNHM; 5 ♂, 3 ♀, 2 sex undermined, RWC); Douglas, Currie Mountain,
45.9844°N
,
66.7592°W
, 3-15.V.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Mixed forest with
Quercus rubra
, Lindgren funnel trap 1 m high under
Quercus rubra
(1 ♂, AFC).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
NB, NS (
Bousquet et al. 2013
). This Palaearctic species was first reported in North America by
LeConte (1877)
, but this was a misidentification of
Carpelimus pusillus
(q. v.);
Ulke (1902)
recorded
Carpelimus subtilis
from DC, and
Bernhauer and Schubert (1911)
listed it from PA and RI, the type locality of
Casey's
synonym,
Carpelimus indigens
.
Natural history.
Casey (1889)
reported
Carpelimus indigens
as gregarious, on the underside of a stone in the damp bottom of a partially dry ditch. Most NB specimens were sifted from leaf and grass litter on mud/clay soil near a river margin in a silver maple swamp. Two specimens were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old-growth northern hardwood forest and a mixed forest. Adults were collected during April, May, and June.