Oxypoda orbicollis Casey, 1911

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, 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, Canada: Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 83-118 : 85

Oxypoda orbicollis Casey, 1911 Map 3 illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. (2006)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Mount Atkinson, 447 m elev., 47.8192°N, 68.2618°W, 21.VII.2010, R. P. Webster, boreal forest, small shaded spring-fed brook with mossy margin, sifting saturated moss (1 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In eastern Canada, adults were found in balsam fir forests and maple forests and were collected in pitfall traps, Luminoc pitfall traps, and Lindgren funnel traps or sifted from forest litter and sphagnum ( Klimaszewski et al. 2006). The specimen from New Brunswick was sifted from saturated moss on the margin of a spring-fed brook in a balsam fir and white spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) forest during July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

YT, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS, LB ( Klimaszewski et al. 2006; Klimaszewski et al. 2011).

Figures

Map 3. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Oxypoda orbicollis.