Oxypoda lucidula Casey, 1906

Webster, Reginald, Klimaszewski, Jan, Pelletier, Georges & Savard, Karine, 2009, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada. I. Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 171-248 : 196-197

Oxypoda lucidula Casey, 1906

Fig 20, Map 20

New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Albert Co., Shepody NWA, Mary’s Point Section, 45.7260°N, 64.6640°W, 12.IX.2004 (1 ♀, RWC). Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 31.V.2005, M.-

Map 20. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Oxypoda lucidula .

A. Giguère and R.P. Webster (1 ♁, RWC) ; “ Bell Forest ”, 46.2145°N, 67.7206°W, 12.IV.2007 (1 ♀, RWC) .

Bionomic Notes. In New Brunswick, this species was collected from decaying gilled mushrooms and drift material on river margins. Elsewhere in Canada most adults were collected from litter near various wetlands (stream and pond margins) (Klimaszewski et al. 2006). Adults were collected in April, May, and September. Collection method: sifting.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. AK, YT, NT, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB (Klimaszewski et al. 2006; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).