Philonthus pseudolus Smetana, 1995**

Webster, Reginald P., Smetana, Ales, 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: Staphylininae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 293-348 : 325-326

Philonthus pseudolus Smetana, 1995** Map 51

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Trail to "Two Mile Brook Fen", 46.3600°N, 67.6815°W, 10.V.2005, R. P. Webster, cattail / Carex marsh, treading Carex hummocks into water (1 ♂, RWC). Madawaska Co., Third Lake, 47.7786°N, 68.3783°W, 21.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, lake margin, in gravel among scattered sedges (1 ♂, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 30.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, lake shore, in drift material (1 ♂, RWC). York Co., 8.5 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6888°N, 66.8004°W, 22.V.2008, R. P. Webster, Carex marsh / flowage near slow flowing brook, in Carex hummock (1 ♂, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species occurs in moist to wet habitats such as marshes, swamps, marshy margins of lakes and ponds and in muskrat nests. Adults are collected by treading vegetation ( Carex and Typha and other vegetation) into water ( Smetana 1995). In New Brunswick, adults were collected by treading Carex hummocks in Carex marshes and sifting drift material along lake margins. Adults were collected during April, May, and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1995).

Figures

Map 51. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Philonthus pseudolus.