Philhygra luridipennis Mannerheim, 1831**

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, 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, Canada: Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 83-118 : 100

Philhygra luridipennis Mannerheim, 1831** Map 32 illustrations Klimaszewski et al. (2011)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co. Jackson Falls, 46.2257°N, 67.7437°W, 12.IX.2009, R. P. Webster, river margin near waterfall, splashing moss near splash zone of waterfall (1 ♀, RWC). Madawaska Co., Gagné Brook at First Lake, 47.6077°N, 68.2534°W, 23.VI.2010, M. Turgeon & R. Webster, northern hardwood forest, shaded brook among gravel on gravel bar, splashing, turning gravel (1 ♂, RWC). Restigouche Co., Little Tobique R. near Red Brook, 47.4465°N, 67.0689°W, 13.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, alder swamp near river, in debris on muddy soil near brook (1 ♀, RWC); Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8257°N, 66.0768°W, 16.VI.2009, R. P. Webster, mixed mature forest, cool clear medium sized stream, in gravel & under cobble stones near margin of stream (1 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC); 1.5 km S of Quebec (border), 425 m elev., 47.9058°N, 68.1505°W, 22.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, boreal forest, small shaded brook, splashing gravel on gravel bar (1 ♂, RWC); Kedgwick Forks, 47.9085°N, 67.9057°W, 22.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, river margin on clay/sand, under alders (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 26.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, M.V. light (1 ♀, RWC); same locality data and collector, 21.IV.2010, mixed forest opening, collected with aerial net during evening flight between 16:30 and 19:00 h (1 ♂, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Most adults of Philhygra luridipennis from New Brunswick were collected from riparian habitats in various deciduous and coniferous forest types. Specimens were collected from gravel (splashing and turning gravel) on gravel bars along shaded brooks in a northern hardwood forest and a boreal forest with balsam fir and white spruce, hand collected from gravel and from under cobblestones on the margin of a clear, medium-sized stream in a mixed forest, sifted from debris on muddy soil near a brook in an alder swamp, hand collected from a sand and clay mix under alders near a river margin, and collected by splashing water on moss near the splash zone of a waterfall. Other specimens were collected at a mercury vapor light and with an aerial net during an evening flight near a mixed forest and nearby stream. Adults were collected during April, June, July, and September. Little was previously known about the habitat associations of this species. The male specimen from Newfoundland was captured in a flight intercept trap in a mixed forest ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB, NF ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011). This species is either Holarctic or an adventive Palaearctic species in North America ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011).

Figures

Map 32. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Philhygra luridipennis.