Actiastes foveicollis (LeConte, 1878)**

Webster, Reginald P., Chandler, Donald S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Pselaphinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 31-53 : 35

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2505

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scientific name

Actiastes foveicollis (LeConte, 1878)**
status

 

Actiastes foveicollis (LeConte, 1878)** Map 5

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 11-18.VI.2009, 28.VII-6.VIII.2009, 6-14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 12-26.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 15-21.VI.2009, 7-14.VII.2009, 11-18.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC); same locality and forest type, 16-30.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 26. IV– 10.V.2010, 16-30.VI.2010, 30. VI– 13.VII.2009, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was collected from leaf litter in New Hampshire ( Chandler 1987), and is associated with hardwood leaf litters, often near water, and has been taken infrequently from rotten wood ( Chandler 1997).In New Brunswick, this species was captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest, an old red pine forest, and an old mixed forest. Adults were captured during April, May, June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, ON, QC, NB ( Grigarick and Schuster 1971; Davies 1991).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Actiastes