New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species
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Brunke, Adam J.
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Klimaszewski, Jan
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Dorval, Julie-Anne
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Bourdon, Caroline
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Paiero, Steven M.
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Marshall, Stephen A.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2947
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2947
1313-2970-186-119
Aleochara (Xenochara) tristis Gravenhorst, 1806
New Ontario Record
Fig. 4Map 4
genitalia in Klimaszewski (1984)
Material examined.
CANADA: ON:Wellington Co., Guelph, field, 20.ix.1984, Brian Wisenden, 1 (DEBU).
Distribution.
Canada: ON, QC, NB, NL; USA: CA, MN, NE, PA, VT. Widespread in Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical Regions (
Horion 1967
;
Moore and Legner 1975
;
Klimaszewski 1984
;
Klimaszewski and Cervenka 1986
;
Byers et al. 2000
;
Smetana 2004
;
Klimaszewski et al. 2005b
;
Klimaszewski et al. 2011
). Adventive in Canada.
Comments.
Aleochara tristis
was intentionally released in the United States in 1965 to control populations of Face Fly (
Musca autumnalis
DeGeer), a nuisance pest of and disease vector for livestock, which breeds in their dung (
Jones 1967
). In terms of biological control, the introduction appears to be a failure as this species is rarely collected and only as singletons. However, it is most certainly established in northeastern North America at low densities (
Klimaszewski et al. 2005b
, this study).