Gauropterus fulgidus (Fabricius, 1787)*

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Gauropterus fulgidus (Fabricius, 1787)*

Fig. 10

Note.

See Smetana (1982) for identification. This very characteristic and large xantholinine beetle was accidentally introduced to North America from Europe in the 19th century and is now found in both the western and eastern parts of North America ( Smetana 1982). We report here the first occurrences of this species in the province of Quebec.

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - MRC des Deux-Montagnes, Parc National d’Oka (45.476714, -74.053690), 27.V.2023, R. Vigneault, white tulle fabric interception trap in a compost site [Collected with permit] (1, NBC). - Ville de Québec, Beauport (46.9421, -71.1987), 21.V.2021, N. Bédard, white tulle fabric interception trap (1, NBC); Sainte-Foy (46.7921, -71.2806), 15.X.2022, L. Leclerc, sifted from dried vegetal debris (2, LLC); Cité-Universitaire (46.7863, -71.2686), 26.X.2022, P. Bloin, sifted from wood chips (2, PBC).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC ( Bousquet et al. 2013) - New to Quebec.

Figures

Figures 10, 11. Habitus of 10 Gauropterus fulgidus (Fabricius, 1787) 11 Phacophallus pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858).