Quedius (Quedius) curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908

Webster, Reginald P., Smetana, Ales, Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 293-348 : 307-308

Quedius (Quedius) curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908 Map 19

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2152°N, 67.7190°W, 21.VIII.2004, 15.IX.2004, R. P. Webster, upper river margin under litter on clay soil (2 ♀, RWC); Hovey Hill P.N.A., 46.1115°N, 67.7770°W, 10.V.2005, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest in moist leaf litter and moss on margin of vernal pond (2 ♂, 1♀, RWC). York Co., Pokiok, 2.VI.1995, (G. Gesner) pitfall trap (1♂, AFC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 30.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in compost (decaying vegetables) (1 ♂, RWC); same locality data, collector, and forest type, 5.IX.2006, in pile of decaying corncobs and cornhusks (1♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species has been reported mostly from around human settlements in various kinds of debris and under stones ( Smetana (1971a). Adults have also been found in natural habitats in moss and leaf litter ( Smetana 1971a, 1978). In New Brunswick, adults were collected in natural habitats (river margin in litter, in moist leaf litter and moss on vernal pond margin in a hardwood forest) and in synanthropic situations (in compost and pile of decaying corncobs and cornhusks near a home). Adults were collected in April, May, June, August, and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, ON, NB, NS ( Smetana 1971a; Majka and Smetana 2007; Brunke and Marshall 2011). This adventive species was first reported from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (and eastern North America) by Majka and Smetana (2007). An earlier record (Truro, 1984) from Nova Scotia was later reported by Majka and Klimaszewski (2008a). The record from New Brunswick was based on a specimen collected by CG Majka at Mary’s Point in 2002.

Figures

Map 19. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Quedius curtipennis.