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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae</paragraph>
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4. 
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Figs 6 
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, Map 1
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Homalota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Homalota luteola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteola">Homalota luteola</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Erichson, WF" journalOrPublisher="FH Morin, Berlin" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" title="Genera et species staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae" year="1839">Erichson 1839</bibRefCitation>
: 114 [habitat in America septentrionalis, Dom. Zimmerman]; 
<bibRefCitation author="Bland, JHB" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="391 - 425" title="Compiled descriptions of North American Staphylinidae." volume="4" year="1865">Bland 1865</bibRefCitation>
: 397; 
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, WS" journalOrPublisher="Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="1 - 1386" title="The Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana with bibliography and descriptions of new species." volume="1" year="1910">Blatchley 1910</bibRefCitation>
: 353; 
<bibRefCitation author="Moore, I" journalOrPublisher="University of California, Division of Agricultural Science" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="1 - 514" title="A catalogue of the Staphylinidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera)" year="1975">Moore and Legner 1975</bibRefCitation>
: 365. LECTOTYPE (male): USA: Am.[America] spt.[septentrionalis], Zimm. [Zimmerman]; #5432; Zool. Mus. Berlin.; typus; Lectotype male 
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Erichson, V.I. Gusarov des. 2003 [designation not published]; our lectotype designation label (ZMB) present designation. PARALECTOTYPES: labelled as lectotype (ZMB) 1 male, 1 female, present designation.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Dolosota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dolosota redundans" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="redundans">Dolosota redundans</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Casey, TL" journalOrPublisher="New Era Printing Co, Lancaster, Pennsylvania" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="1 - 84" title="New species of the staphylinid tribe Myrmedoniini." volumeTitle="Memoirs on the Coleoptera" year="1910">Casey 1910</bibRefCitation>
: 137; 
<bibRefCitation author="Moore, I" journalOrPublisher="University of California, Division of Agricultural Science" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="1 - 514" title="A catalogue of the Staphylinidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera)" year="1975">Moore and Legner 1975</bibRefCitation>
: 372. syn. n. LECTOTYPE (female): United States of America: NY [New York]; 
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Casey; Type USNM 39197; Casey bequest 1925; 
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Casey - Lectotypus des. Gusarov 2000. 
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(Er.) V.I. Gusarov det. 2000. We have added J. 
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lectotype, present designation label because 
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Casey; Type USNM 39197(USNM)2 females, present designation.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Body narrowly elongate (Fig. 6a), length 1.8-2.6 mm; head and posterior part of abdomen from brown to almost black, pronotum and basal half of abdomen light yellowish-brown to reddish brown, elytra yellowish to reddish-brown with some irregular small dark brown spots; legs and palps yellowish-brown and antennae either uniformly yellowish or basal articles I-IV yellowish and apical ones light brown; antennal articles I-IV elongate and V-X subquadrate to slightly transverse; pronotum short, transverse, strongly rounded laterally, and arcuate basally (Fig. 6a); elytra ca. as long as pronotum (Fig. 6a); abdomen broadly arcuate laterally. MALE: median lobe of aedeagus as illustrated (Fig. 6b); tergite VIII truncate apically, distance between base of disc and antecostal suture moderate in width, suture slightly sinuate medially (Fig. 6c); sternite VIII rounded apically (Fig. 6d). FEMALE: spermatheca with capsule small, pear-shaped and with shallow invagination, stem thin and twisted posteriorly, twists are irregular in shape or forming more or less regular coils (Figs 6 
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); tergite VIII truncate apically (Fig. 6h); sternite VIII broadly rounded apically with apical fringe of short microsetae, distance between base of disc and antecostal suture narrow, suture strongly sinuate medially (Fig. 6i).
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Figures 6 
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. 
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(Erichson): 6a habitus in dorsal view 6b median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view 6c male tergite VIII 6d male sternite VIII 6 
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spermatheca 6h female tergite VIII 6i female sternite VIII. Scale bar for habitus = 1 mm, and the remaining scale bars = 0.2 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Distribution.</paragraph>
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This native Nearctic species is reported in Canada for the first time from New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario (Map 1). In the USA, new records are provided for Massachusetts and Minnesota, and an additional record is provided for New York. The species was previously reported from Indiana, Michigan, New York and Wisconsin (
<bibRefCitation author="Erichson, WF" journalOrPublisher="FH Morin, Berlin" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" title="Genera et species staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae" year="1839">Erichson 1839</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Casey, TL" journalOrPublisher="New Era Printing Co, Lancaster, Pennsylvania" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="1 - 84" title="New species of the staphylinid tribe Myrmedoniini." volumeTitle="Memoirs on the Coleoptera" year="1910">Casey 1910</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Bland, JHB" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="391 - 425" title="Compiled descriptions of North American Staphylinidae." volume="4" year="1865">Bland 1865</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, WS" journalOrPublisher="Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="1 - 1386" title="The Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana with bibliography and descriptions of new species." volume="1" year="1910">Blatchley 1910</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Moore, I" journalOrPublisher="University of California, Division of Agricultural Science" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="1 - 514" title="A catalogue of the Staphylinidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera)" year="1975">Moore and Legner 1975</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">
Maps 1-3. 1 Distribution of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta cupiens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cupiens">Mocyta cupiens</taxonomicName>
(Casey) in Canada 2 Distribution of 
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in Canada 3 Distribution of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta sphagnorum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sphagnorum">Mocyta sphagnorum</taxonomicName>
in Canada.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">
Most adults from Quebec were collected in yellow birch and balsam fir dominated forest using pitfall traps (
<bibRefCitation author="Klimaszewski, J" journalOrPublisher="The Canadian Entomologist" pageId="21" pageNumber="132" pagination="793 - 833" title="Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in yellow birch-dominated stands of southeastern Quebec, Canada: diversity, abundance, and description of a new species." url="10.4039/n06-057" volume="139" year="2007 b">Klimaszewski et al. 2007b</bibRefCitation>
). In New Brunswick, adults were found: under decaying seaweed on sea beach; under driftwood on a riverbank; in grass, moss and leaf litter near water in alder and cedar swamps and 
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marshes; in 
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moss and leaf litter in a young regenerating mixedwood forest; and in other decaying material in forests. In Ontario, adults were captured in litter around raspberry bushes near a bog, in a 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Typhaceae" genus="Typha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Typha" order="Poales" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Typha</taxonomicName>
marsh, and in a nest of 
<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microtus pennsylvanicus" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pennsylvanicus">Microtus pennsylvanicus</taxonomicName>
. Adults were active from March to October in Canada. In Minnesota, adults were captured on a lakeshore and in a 
<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microtus" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="121" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microtus</taxonomicName>
nest, and in Indiana were taken by sifting dump vegetable debris from March to November (
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, WS" journalOrPublisher="Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="1 - 1386" title="The Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana with bibliography and descriptions of new species." volume="1" year="1910">Blatchley 1910</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Locality data.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="122" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">
CANADA: New Brunswick: Carleton Co., Bell Forest, 
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, 
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, 11.V.2005, river margin, under drift material, M.-A. 
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&amp; R. Webster (RWC) 1 sex undetermined; Charlotte Co., ca. 9 km NW of New River, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="45.2096">45.2096°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.6483">66.6483°W</geoCoordinate>
, 13.VI.2005, alder swamp near large brook, in grass and leaf litter, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 male. Kent Co., Kouchibouguac Nat. Pk., 21.IX.1977, D.B. Lyons (CNC) 1 female; same data except A. Smetana (CNC) 1 female, and S.J. Miller (CNC) 1 female. Northumberland Co., Goodfellow Brook P.N.A., 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="46.8943">46.8943°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-65.3796">65.3796°W</geoCoordinate>
, 23.V.2007, old-growth eastern white cedar swamp, in litter &amp; grasses &amp; moss on hummocks near water, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female; Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="47.82">47.8200°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.0015">66.0015°W</geoCoordinate>
, 13.V.2010, 
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marsh, under alders in leaf litter &amp; moss near brook, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female; Saint John Co., 
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Island, 
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, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.1265">66.1265°W</geoCoordinate>
, 26.VII.2004, sea beach, under decaying seaweed, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 sex undetermined; Sunbury Co., 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="46.0173">46.0173°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.3741">66.3741°W</geoCoordinate>
, 18.VI.2007, Road 16 regenerating forest, 8.5 year-old regenerating mixed forest, in sphagnum &amp; leaf litter, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female; York Co., Canterbury, trail to Browns Mtn. Fen, 
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, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-67.6273">67.6273°W</geoCoordinate>
, 2.V.2005, Mature cedar forest near stream, sifting leaf litter, M. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Giguère">Giguere</normalizedToken>
(RWC) 1 female; Rt. 645 at Beaver Brook, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="45.686">45.6860°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.8668">66.8668°W</geoCoordinate>
, 3.V.2008, 
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marsh in litter at base of dead red maple, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female; Charters Settlement, 
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, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.7391">66.7391°W</geoCoordinate>
, 14.VI.2008, mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs &amp; cornhusks, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female; 8.5 km W of Tracy, off Rt. 645, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="45.6821">45.6821°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-66.7894">66.7894°W</geoCoordinate>
, 6.V.2008, wet alder swamp, in leaf litter &amp; grass on hummocks, R.P. Webster (RWC) 1 female. Quebec: Blandford, 13.V.1971, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female; Hudson Heights, 24-30.VII.1956, Lindberg (CNC) 1 female; Montreal, 22.IX.1968, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 male; Montreal, 30.IX.1968, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 8 females; Montreal, 16.V.1969, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 2 females; Montreal, 5.X.1979, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female; Montreal, 4.V.1980, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female; Ormstown, 22.VIII.1980, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female; Rigaud end Ch. de la Croix. 5.V.1988, A. &amp; Z. Smetana (CNC) 2 females; Saint-Etienne, 
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, 6.VI.1981, C. Chantal (CNC) 1 female; Ste-Catherine, Port., 5.VIII.1961, J.C. 
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(CNC) 4 females; Scotstown, 29.V.2006, C. Levesque (LFC) 4 females, 1 sex?; Mcy Co., St-Joachim, 11.VI.1963, C. Chantal (CNC) 1 female; Sherbrooke, 20.IX.1972, Dondale and Redner (CNC) 1 female; Portneuf, ZEC Batiscan-Nelson, SSAM project, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sapinière">Sapiniere</normalizedToken>
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bouleau jaune, Lac des 
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, 4 gaps, Pitfall trap 21, 
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, 
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, 30. 
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07.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 23, 
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, 
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, 1 specimen; Lac Poissonneux, clear cut, Pitfall trap 66, 
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, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-72.124725">72°07'29&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
, 297 m, 12. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VIII–">VIII-</normalizedToken>
19.VIII.2008, 1 specimen; 2 gaps, Pitfall trap 69, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="47.033333">47°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-72.11667">72°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 15. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VII–">VII-</normalizedToken>
22.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Clear cut, Pitfall trap 95, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="47.033333">47°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-72.11667">72°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 1 specimen; 2 gaps, Pitfall trap 98, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="47.033333">47°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-72.11667">72°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 22. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VII–">VII-</normalizedToken>
29.VII.2008,1 specimen; 29. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VII–">VII-</normalizedToken>
05.VIII.2008, 1 specimen; 25. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–">VI-</normalizedToken>
02.VII.2008, 2 specimens; Pitfall trap 99, 27. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="V–">V-</normalizedToken>
03.VI.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 100, 12. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VIII–">VIII-</normalizedToken>
19.VIII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 101, 02.VII-08.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 102,12. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VIII–">VIII-</normalizedToken>
19.VIII.2008, 1 specimen; 22.VII-29.VII.2008, 1 specimen; 8 gaps, Pitfall trap 103, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="47.033333">47°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-72.11667">72°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 22.VII-29.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 105, 25. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–">VI-</normalizedToken>
02.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 107, 25.VI-02.VII.2008, 1 specimen; 4 gaps, Pitfall trap 109, 
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="47.033333">47°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-72.11667">72°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 25. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–">VI-</normalizedToken>
02.VII.2008, 2 specimens; 08. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VII–">VII-</normalizedToken>
15.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 110, 1 specimen; 10.VI-17.VI.2008, 2 specimens; Pitfall trap 111, 17. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–">VI-</normalizedToken>
25.VI.2008, 1 specimen; 25.VI-02.VII.2008, 1 specimen; Pitfall trap 113, 08. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="VII–">VII-</normalizedToken>
15.VII.2008, 1 specimen; 10.VI-17.VI.2008, 1 specimen.
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<paragraph lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">
Ontario: Ancaster, 28.III.1963, J.E.H. Martin (CNC) 4 females; Carleton Co., Fitzroy Prov. Pk., 2-3.V.1979, A. &amp; Z. Smetana (CNC) 1 female; Mer Bleue, 3.III.1973, Redner and Starr (CNC) 27 females; Ottawa, Mer Bleue bog, 16.IV.1972, litter around raspberry, L. LeSage (CNC) 4 females, 1 sex?; Mer Bleue, 17.X.1980, en fauchant herbages dans un champ, L. LeSage (CNC) 7 females; Ottawa, 22.VIII.1912, Beaulieu (CNC) 1 female; Ottawa, Shirleys Bay, 2.V.1970, A. &amp; Z. Smetana (CNC) 1 female; Ottawa, 
<pageBreakToken pageId="12" pageNumber="123" start="start">Mer</pageBreakToken>
Bleue bog, 23.IV.1982, ridge litter, L. LeSage (CNC) 5 females; Carlsbad Springs, Mer Bleue, 23.V.1980, A. Smetana (CNC) 9 females; Kinburn, 8.VI.1962, ex 
<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microtus" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microtus</taxonomicName>
nest, J.E.H Martin (CNC) 9 females; Ottawa, Black Rapids, 19.VIII.1959, J.R. Vockeroth (CNC) 3 females; Osgoode, 20.X.1967, ex nest of 
<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microtus pennsylvanicus" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pennsylvanicus">Microtus pennsylvanicus</taxonomicName>
, J.M. Campbell and A. Smetana (CNC) 7 females; 6 mi. W. Richmont, 28.III.1973, J.E.H. Martin (CNC) 1 female; Rondo Provincial Park, Marsh Trail, 2.VI.1985, tread 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Typhaceae" genus="Typha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Typha" order="Poales" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Typha</taxonomicName>
in marsh, A. Davies and J.M. Campbell (CNC) 1 female; South March, 19.X.1967, A. Smetana (CNC) 1 female; 19 mi. S. Temagami, 1-13.VIII.1973, J. Redner and C. Starr (CNC) 1 female; North Bay, 11.VII.1972, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Massachusetts: Northampton, 5.XI.1978, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 2 females; Minnesota, Minneapolis, 25.VI.1958, E.J. Kiteley (CNC) 1 female; New York: Chautauqua Co., Lake Shore, Sheridan, II.1968, ex nest of 
<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microtus pennsylvanicus" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pennsylvanicus">Microtus pennsylvanicus</taxonomicName>
, A.H. Benton (CNC) 1 female.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="124" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
In new material of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mocyta</taxonomicName>
from Quebec and New Brunswick, we discovered an unrecorded bicoloured species from Canada that was similar in body size, coloration and shape of spermatheca to the native 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta luteola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteola">Mocyta luteola</taxonomicName>
(Erichson) and the European 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Mocyta negligens</taxonomicName>
(Mulsant &amp; Rey) and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta gilvicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">Mocyta gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
(Scheerpeltz). After examining the types and additional specimens of the two European species and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta luteola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteola">Mocyta luteola</taxonomicName>
and comparing them with Canadian individuals of our new species, we have concluded that our populations represent 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta luteola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteola">Mocyta luteola</taxonomicName>
and that they are not conspecific with the two European species, as they differ in external morphological features such as body proportions, microsculpture, and shape and pubescence of pronotum. After examining the types of both nominal species (
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Mocyta negligens</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta gilvicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">Mocyta gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
), and additional specimens from Europe, we found no significant morphological differences between the two species. Therefore these two European species are considered as conspecific, and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta gilvicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">Mocyta gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
is considered as a new synonym of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Mocyta negligens</taxonomicName>
with details listed below (Figs 9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="a–g">a-g</normalizedToken>
, 10-14).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Colpodota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Colpodota negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Colpodota negligens</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Mulsant, E" journalOrPublisher="Opuscules Entomologiques" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="147 - 189" title="Description de divers coleopteres brevipennes ou peu connus." volume="15" year="1873">Mulsant and Rey 1873</bibRefCitation>
: 156 (Figs 10-14); 
<bibRefCitation author="Benick, G" editor="Freude, H" journalOrPublisher="Goecke &amp; Evers, Krefeld" pageId="20" pageNumber="131" pagination="72 - 221" title="Tribus 14 (Callicerini)." volumeTitle="Die Kaefer Mitteleuropas. Band 5: Staphylinidae II (Hypocyphtinae und Aleocharinae) Pselaphidae" year="1974">Benick and Lohse 1974</bibRefCitation>
(as 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mocyta</taxonomicName>
); 
<bibRefCitation author="Smetana, A" editor="Loebl, I" journalOrPublisher="Apollo Books, Stenstrup" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="353 - 494" title="Subfamily Aleocharinae Fleming, 1921." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera" year="2004">Smetana 2004</bibRefCitation>
(as 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acrotona" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acrotona" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Acrotona</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
LECTOTYPE (male): the specimen does not have any original label but it is from the historical Rey collection (CCL) and it is pinned next to the original name label by Rey. It bears V. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gusarov’s">Gusarov's</normalizedToken>
lectotype designation label (2000), and his identification label as 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Atheta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atheta fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fungi">Atheta fungi</taxonomicName>
(Gravenhorst), 2000. Because this designation was never published, we formally designate this specimen as a lectotype and put our determination label as 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Mocyta negligens</taxonomicName>
(Mulsant and Rey), J. Klimaszewski 2014.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
PARALECTOTYPES: there are 4 syntypes (1 male, 3 females) in 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rey’s">Rey's</normalizedToken>
collection that are here designated as paralectotypes. One of the syntypes (female) bears a black dot label, which indicates that the specimen was taken in Provence, in southeast France. The specimens bear Paralectotype designation labels by V. Gusarov (2000) but because these designations were not published, we formally designate them as paralectotypes. All are determined as 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mocyta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mocyta negligens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negligens">Mocyta negligens</taxonomicName>
(Mulsant and Rey), det. J. Klimaszewski 2014.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="124">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Atheta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atheta gilvicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">
<pageBreakToken pageId="13" pageNumber="124" start="start">Atheta</pageBreakToken>
gilvicollis
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Scheerpeltz, O" journalOrPublisher="Mittelungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft" pageId="22" pageNumber="133" pagination="347 - 358" title="Zwei neue Atheten aus der Schweiz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)." volume="22" year="1949">Scheerpeltz 1949</bibRefCitation>
: 355 (Figs 9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="a–g">a-g</normalizedToken>
). syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="124">
LECTOTYPE (male): Typus; 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Atheta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atheta (Acrotona) gilvicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilvicollis" subGenus="Acrotona">Atheta (Acrotona) gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
; O. Scheerpeltz [red label]; female sign; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Üttligen">Uettligen</normalizedToken>
; IX.1943; ex coll. Scheerpeltz [blue card] (MNHV) examined, present designation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="124">
PARALECTOTYPES: Erlach; X.1951; male sign; 
<taxonomicName lsidName="gilvicollis" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
ex coll. Scheerpeltz [blue card]; Vienna Museum (NHMV) 1 male, examined; Frauenfeld; VII.1955; 
<taxonomicName lsidName="gilvicollis" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" rank="species" species="gilvicollis">gilvicollis</taxonomicName>
Scheerpeltz, ex coll. Scheerpeltz (NHMV) sex undetermined, examined, present designation.
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