Bledius opaculus LeConte, 1863

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 : 47

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

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scientific name

Bledius opaculus LeConte, 1863
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Bledius opaculus LeConte, 1863 View in CoL

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Kent Co., Kouchibouguac N.P., South Kouchibouguac Dune, 46.8251°N, 64.9079°W, 19.VII.2014, R.P. Webster // Sand/clay intertidal area behind sand dune, splashing sand/clay (2 ♂, 1 ♀, 8 sex undetermined, RWC; 4 sex undetermined, NBM).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB, NS, PE, NF ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Specimens were collected by splashing sand/clay in an intertidal area with sparse vegetation behind a barrier sea beach (sand dune).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Oxytelinae

Tribe

Blediini

Genus

Bledius