Twelve new species and fifty-three new provincial distribution records of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Saskatchewan, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Larson, David J.
Author
Labrecque, Myriam
Author
Bourdon, Caroline
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ZooKeys
2016
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45
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9361
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9361
1313-2970-610-45
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Atheta pseudoschistoglossa Klimaszewski & Webster
(for details, genitalia and body image, see
Webster et al. 2016b
)
Distribution.
NBSK |
SaskatchewanDLCDLCDLC |
Webster et al. 2016b
|
Natural history.
The SK specimens were captured from aspen/pine litter and pine/spruce litter in August through October. In NB, most adults of
Atheta pseudoschistoglossa
were found in or near wetland habitats including among cobblestones, drift material, and flood debris along river margins, moist leaves along vernal pond margin in a silver maple swamp, in leaf litter and moss along brook margins in alder swamps, and in litter at base of red maple, in
Carex
hummock in
Carex
marshes, in leaf litter in a red oak forest near seasonally flooded marsh, in a salt marsh, in marsh litter in a
Carex
-sedge marsh, and in litter and sphagnum at the base of a tree in a marsh (
Webster et al. 2016b
). A few adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood woodland near a seasonally flooded marsh and in an old mixed forest (
Webster et al. 2016b
). Adults were collected from mid-April to August (
Webster et al. 2016b
).