Scaphisoma americanum ( Loebl , 1987)

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Scaphisoma americanum ( Loebl, 1987)

Note.

See Löbl (1987) for illustrations and identification. This species was described in the genus Caryoscapha Ganglbauer by Löbl (1987) from various locations in eastern North America, the northernmost records being from Illinois. Despite its relatively large body, it remained overlooked in most of its range. The genus was later synonymized with Scaphisoma by Leschen and Löbl (2005). We report for the first time its presence in Canada, based on specimens from Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.

Specimen data.

Canada: ONTARIO - Haldimand-Norfolk Reg., Cronmiller property [~6 km W St. Williams] (42°40'18"N, 80°29'24"W), 31.V-15.VI.2011, Brunke & Paiero, forest near vernal pools, malaise (1, DEBU); Turkey Point Provincial Park (42°41'48"N, 80°19'48"W) 19.V.2011, A. Brunke, forest site 1, Berlese leaf and log litter (1, DEBU). - Northumberland Co., Peter’s Woods Provincial Nature Reserve (44°7'27"N, 78°2'21"W), 12.XI.2011, Brunke & Paiero, forest (1, DEBU); same except 6.X.2011 (2, DEBU); same except 27.VI.2011 (1, DEBU); Barr property [~ 7km NE Centreton], 1-16.VI.2011, Brunke & Paiero, field site 2, malaise, (1, DEBU). QUEBEC - MRC de l’Île-d’Orléans, Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans (46.8772, -71.0620), 11.VI.2022, L. Leclerc, beaten from fresh Cerioporus squamosus (3, LLC); Ville de Québec, Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy (46.7506, -71.3183), 11.VI.2023, L. Leclerc, sifted from fresh Pleurotus ostreatus (4, LLC) - Montréal, 1.IX.1972, E.J. Kiteley (5, CNC); same except 31.VIII.1979 (3, CNC); same except 14.VI.1983 (1, CNC). - MRC de Bécancour, Bécancour ( Rivière Godefroy) (46.2977, -72.5321), 4.IX.2023, N. Bédard, sifted from Hericium coralloides (7, NBC; 1, LLC). NOVA SCOTIA - Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Lone Shieling, 1.VII.1983, R. Vockeroth, malaise trap (1, CNC).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC, NS - New to Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Canada.

Subfamily Staphylininae Latreille, 1802