Xestolinus abdominalis Casey, 1906**

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 : 299-300

Xestolinus abdominalis Casey, 1906** Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 46.0188°N, 66.3765°W, 14.V.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in flight, collected with net (1 sex undetermined, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8267°N, 66.7343°W, 30.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, Carex marsh, in sphagnum hummock (1 sex undetermined, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Little is known about the habitat associations of this species. One of the New Brunswick specimens was collected from a sphagnum hummock in a Carex marsh, another was collected while it was flying in a mixed forest near a Carex marsh. Adults were collected in late April and May.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1982).

Figures

Map 7. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Xestolinus abdominalis.