Leptusa (Dysleptusa) carolinensis Pace, 1989

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 : 207-208

Leptusa (Dysleptusa) carolinensis Pace, 1989

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New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Carleton Co., “ Bell Forest ”, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 6.V.2006 (2 ♁, 5 ♀, RWC) ; same locality and date (1 ♁, RWC) . Queens Co., near Queenstown , 45.6904°N, 66.1455°W, 13.V.2008 (1 ♀, RWC) . Saint John Co., Musquash , 45.1837°N, 66.3376°W, 7.V.2006 (1 ♁, RWC) .

Bionomic Notes. In New Brunswick, L. carolinensis was found in hardwood forests under bark of American beech ( Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. ) logs, under bark of sugar maple ( Acer saccharum Marsh. ), and in fleshy polypore (bracket) fungi on dead stand-

Map 29. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Leptusa carolinensis .

ing beech tree. One individual was collected from marsh litter on the inland margin of a salt marsh. Th is data suggests that L. carolinensis is associated with subcortical microhabitats and other microhabitats associated with trees. Elsewhere, this species was captured in Lindgren funnel traps, pitfall traps, and flight intercept traps in sugar maple, red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg. ), black spruce forests and red spruce/eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) forests of various ages (Klimaszewski et al. 2004). In New Brunswick, all adults were captured in May. Collection method: hand searching subcortical habitats, sifting.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. QC, NB, NS ( Pace 1989; Klimaszewski et al. 2004; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).