Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877)

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 66

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7830

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B3E2C9-EA73-4934-A83D-4512681E2967

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A128449-A80D-4760-71BA-8BBC0338D11A

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scientific name

Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877) View in CoL

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., 12 km SSE of Upper Napan [Goodfellow Brook P.N.A.], 46.8943°N, 65.3796°W, 7.VI.2006, R.P. Webster // Eastern white cedar swamp, in moss & leaf litter (2 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC); same locality data and collector but 23.V.2007 // Old-growth, wet eastern white cedar swamp, in litter, grasses & moss on hummocks near water [pools] (1 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

This species was sifted from moss and leaf litter, and litter, grasses, and moss on hummocks near water in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp. Adults were found in May and June.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Astenus