New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species Author Brunke, Adam J. Author Klimaszewski, Jan Author Dorval, Julie-Anne Author Bourdon, Caroline Author Paiero, Steven M. Author Marshall, Stephen A. text ZooKeys 2012 186 119 206 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2947 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2947 1313-2970-186-119 Platandria carolinae Casey, 1910 New Canadian Record Fig. 9Map 9 genitalia in Genier and Klimaszewski (1986) Material examined. CANADA: ON:Lincoln Co., Short Hills, Wildlife Pres., 1 mi E of N. Pelham, flowers of 'Cornis florida' L., 5.vi.1973, H. Frania, 2 (CNC). Distribution. Canada: ON; USA: DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KA, LA, NE, NJ, NC, PA, TN, VA ( Genier and Klimaszewski 1986 ). Native. Maps 9-12. Distribution in Ontario of: 9. Platandria carolinae Gyllenhal 10. Amarochara brevios Assing 11 Amarochara fenyesi Blatchley 12 Crataraea suturalis (Mannerheim). Comments. This is the only eastern species of Platandria ( Genier and Klimaszewski 1986 ) and the first record of this species for Canada. Hanley (2003) reported Platandria from Canada (Ontario) for the first time in a summary of its general distribution but without locality information. Little is known about the biology of Platandria except that they are associated with the flowers of various shrubs (Ashe in Newton et al. 2000), despite an older account of an association with fungi ( Blatchley 1910 ). The above specimens were collected in the flowers of Flowering Dogwood, a species confined in Canada to the Carolinian region of southern Ontario. As far as known, Platandria carolinae is similarly distributed in Canada, possibly indicating a staphylinid-plant association though this species was not among the assemblage of Coleoptera found on Flowering Dogwood by Rhoades et al. (2011) in Tennessee.