Contributions to the knowledge of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Natural Resources Canada, Québec, Canada
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ZooKeys
2010
2010-05-17
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.46.413
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Placusa canadensis
Klimaszewski, 2001
NOVA SCOTIA
: Kings County:
North Alton,
2.VI.2005
, D.H. Webster, under bark of wind-fallen
Populus grandidentat
a Michx. (4,
DHWC
).
Placusa canadensis
is newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces. In
Canada
it has been previously recorded in
Ontario
and
Québec
; in the
United States
it is known from
Ohio
and
West Virginia
(
Klimaszewski et al. 2001
). In Québec this species has been found predominantly in sugar maple (
Acer saccharum
Marsh.
) stands, occasionally in white spruce (
Picea glauca
(Moench) Voss
) forests. Th ey have been collected from under the bark of recently fallen trees and from rotting fungi and tree stumps (
Klimaszewski et al. 2001
). Th e specimens in Nova Scotia were found in association with specimens of
Carpophilus sayi
Parsons
[
Nitidulidae
] (abundant), and
Corticeus tenuis
(LeConte)
[
Tenebrionidae
] (infrequent) in the same subcortical habitat.