Heterothops minor Smetana, 1971

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 : 302-303

Heterothops minor Smetana, 1971 Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Upper Brockway, 45.5684°N, 67.0993°W, 23.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, forested black spruce bog, in sphagnum (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Little is known about the habitat associations of this species. Smetana (1976) reported specimens from under driftwood on a muddy river bank and from a pitfall trap on the margin of swampy pool in the Northwest Territories. The single adult from New Brunswick was sifted from sphagnum in a forested black spruce bog in late April.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NF ( Smetana 1971a, 1973, 1976, 1981).

Figures

Map 11. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Heterothops minor.