Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis Klimaszewski & Godin, 2012 Figs 68-75

Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis (For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2012)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 30.IX.2007, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs & cornhusks (1 ♂, RWC).

Natural history.

The only known specimen of Atheta whitehorsensis from NB was collected from a pile of decaying corncobs. In the YT, specimens were sifted from soil in a black spruce stand (Klimaszewski et al. 2012).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

YT, NB (Klimaszewski et al. 2012). The specimen from NB represents the first record of this species from eastern Canada, suggesting that Atheta whitehorsensis is transcontinental.