Ilybius wasastjernae (C.R. Sahlberg)

Alarie, Yves, 2019, The Hydradephaga (Coleoptera, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae, and Dytiscidae) fauna of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: new records, distributions, and faunal composition, ZooKeys 897, pp. 49-66 : 49

Ilybius wasastjernae (C.R. Sahlberg)

Notes.

Ilybius wasastjernae is reported in Cape Breton Island from only one specimen collected in Victoria County (sample V27).

Habitat.

These beetles are generally collected from sphagnum pools, usually in, or adjacent to forest ( Larson et al. 2000). In Cape Breton Island it was collected in an ephemeral woodland pool covered with Scirpus .

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

This species has a Holarctic distribution more or less throughout the boreal zone. In North America it is transcontinental in the boreal region ( Larson et al. 2000). Prior to this study, this species had only been reported from the neighboring province New Brunswick in the Maritime Ecozone ( Larson et al. 2000; Bousquet et al. 2013).