Nitidotachinus horni Campbell, 1973

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 55-82 : 57

Nitidotachinus horni Campbell, 1973 Map 1

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Caledonia Gorge P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), at Canada Creek, 45.7808°N, 64.7775°W, 4.VII.2011, R. P. Webster, cold, clear, and shaded rocky brook in mixed forest, in saturated moss (1, NBM). Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2208°N, 67.7231°W, 2.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, in litter on margin of cold spring-fed brook (1, RWC); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1895°N, 67.6704°W, 13.VI.2010, 18.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, margin of cold shaded spring-fed brook, under small rocks and in gravel (6, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of this rarely collected species were found in seepage areas, under stones on a stream margin, an alder thicket, and forest litter ( Campbell 1988). In New Brunswick, adults were collected from under small rocks, in gravel, or in litter and moss along the margins of cold, shaded, spring-fed brooks in hardwood forests. Adults were collected during June and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell 1973, 1988).