Quedius cinctus (Paykull, 1790)*

Note.

See Majka et al. (2009a) and Smetana (1971) for illustrations and identification. Known to be present in North America since at least 1942 (Smetana 1971). This adventive species was recorded for the first time in Canada by Majka et al. (2009a) from specimens collected on carrion in New Brunswick in 2007. Across its native western Palaearctic range, this species lives mainly in decaying organic substances, very often near or directly in human settlements (Smetana 1971). Brunke and Marshall (2011) reported it from Ontario based on specimens collected from rotting Cerioporus (= Polyporus) Cerioporus squamosus in 2008.

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - Ville de Québec, Plaines d’Abraham (46.795042, -71.228484), 6.IX.2022, P. Bloin, sifted from wood chips and plant waste (2, PBC, 1, NBC); Sainte-Foy (46.7874, -71.2914), 24.X.2022, white tulle fabric interception trap (4, LLC), 5.V.2023 (1, LLC), 9.X.2023, sifted from decaying grass heap (1, LLC), 10.X.2023 (1, LLC), 14.X.2023 (1, LLC), 17.X.2023 (1, LLC); Cité-Universitaire (46.7863, -71.2686), 15.X.2022, L. Leclerc, N. Bédard & P. Bloin, sifted from fresh wood chips pile (1, LLC), 23.X.2022 (2, LLC), 25.X.2022 (4, LLC; 4, NBC; 4, PBC), 4.XI.2022, white tulle fabric interception trap (4, LLC). - MRC de Deux-Montagnes, Oka (45.4993, -74.0203), 3.IV.2020, R. Vigneault, white tulle fabric interception trap in a compost site (1, RVC); Parc national d’Oka (45.4767, -74.0537), 22.III.2021, R. Vigneault, white tulle fabric interception trap in a compost site [Collected with permit] (1, RVC); 12.X.2022, P. de Tonnancour and R. Vigneault, white tulle fabric interception trap [Collected with permit] (2, PdTC; 1, RVC). - MRC de l’Île-d’Orléans, Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans (46.8809, -71.0636), 5.X.2023, 16:00-18:00, L. Leclerc, white tulle fabric interception trap (1, LLC). - MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Terrasse-Vaudreuil (45.3923, -73.9922), 26-IX-2011, P. de Tonnancour, fermented cantaloup (1, PdTC); 27.IX.2018, P. de Tonnancour, attracted to a compost heap (1, PdTC); 7.X.2021, P. de Tonnancour, composted grass clippings (1, PdTC); 30.IX.2023, 15:00-17:00, P. de Tonnancour, white tulle fabric interception trap (1, PdTC). - Ville de Gatineau, Aylmer [Ouest Forêt Boucher], 15.IV.2010, V. Théberge & L. LeSage, Berlese of porcupine dung in a hollow base of a large maple tree, in a mixed forest (1, CNC); same except 6.IV.2010 (4, CNC).

Distribution in Canada.

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