Dalotia coriaria ( Kraatz, 1856 )

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 : 228-229

Dalotia coriaria ( Kraatz, 1856)

Fig 46, Map 46

New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Saint John, Taylor’s Island, 45.2238°N, 66.1265°W, 24.VIII.2004 (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 13.IX.2004, 16.X.2004, 10.VII.2005, 6.IX.2005, 22.VIII.2006 (5 ♁, 3 ♀, RWC).

Bionomic Notes. Adults of this cosmopolitan and adventive species were collected under decaying seaweed (sea wrack) on a sea beach and in decaying vegetables adjacent to a mixed forest in New Brunswick. In other areas, this species has been reported from forest litter and various rotting organic substances such as grass heaps, carrion, and mushrooms ( Klimaszewski et al. 2007a). Adults were collected in July, August, September, and October. Collection method: sifting.

Map 46. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Dalotia coriaria .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. AB, ON, NB ( Klimaszewski et al. 2007a;

Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).