New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Histeridae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Makepeace, Scott
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2493
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Margarinotus confusus Wenzel, 1944
Map 14
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve,
46.1964°N
,
67.6340°W
, 31.V.2005, M.-A.
Giguere
& R. Webster, old
mixed
forest, in moist leaf litter at the margin of a vernal pond (1, RWC); Lower Woodstock,
46.1192°N
,
67.5795°W
, 7.V.2008, R. P. Webster, pasture, entrance to fox den (3, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement,
45.8430°N
,
66.7275°W
, 5.V.2006, R. P. Webster, in porcupine dung at the entrance of a porcupine den (1, RWC).
Map
14. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Margarinotus confusus
.
Collection and habitat data.
This species has been collected in woodchuck (
Marmota monax
(L.)) burrows and carrion (
Bousquet and Laplante 2006
). In New Brunswick, adults were collected from the entrance of a fox (
Vulpes
sp.) den, the entrance of a porcupine den in dung, and in moist leaf litter on the margin of a vernal pond. Adults were collected during May.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
ON, QC, NB, NS (
Bousquet and Laplante 2006
).