Ahasverus longulus (Blatchley, 1910)**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & deMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Silvanidae and Laemophloeidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 157-168 : 161

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2600

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ahasverus longulus (Blatchley, 1910)**
status

 

Ahasverus longulus (Blatchley, 1910)** Map 3

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8428°N, 66.7279°W, 23.VI.2004, R. P. Webster & H. Goulet, small sedge marsh in moist grass litter (1, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8267°N, 66.7343°W, 14.V.2005, R. P. Webster, margin of Carex marsh/fen, in sphagnum and leaf litter at base of tree (1, RWC); 9.0 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6889°N, 66.8002°W, 5.IV.2010, R. P. Webster, old beaver flowage, in grass litter on clay soil near small stream (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Ahasverus longulus was found in Carex marshes and in an old beaver ( Castor canadensis Kuhl) flowage. Adults were sifted from grass litter and sphagnum and leaf litter at the base of a tree during May and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet 1991). Ahasverus longulus was included in Bousquet’s (1991) checklist. However, no voucher specimens or published records could be found to support the record, and consequently, Makja (2008) removed the species from the faunal list of New Brunswick. In view of the above records, the species is re-instated to the faunal list of the province.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Silvanidae

Genus

Ahasverus