Diochus schaumi Kraatz, 1860**

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 : 297

Diochus schaumi Kraatz, 1860** Map 1

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.

The single New Brunswick specimen was collected from sphagnum in a forested black spruce ( Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) bog. Elsewhere this species has been reported from forest litter and from wet moss and debris in wet habitats, such as swamps, marshes, bogs, and lake and stream margins ( Smetana 1982). The single adult was collected by sifting sphagnum during late April.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1982).

Figures

Map 1. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Diochus schaumi.