Bisnius cephalotes ( Gravenhorst, 1802 )

Majka, Christopher & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2008, Adventive Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: further contributions, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 151-174 : 163-164

Bisnius cephalotes ( Gravenhorst, 1802)

NEW BRUNSWICK: York Co.: New Maryland, 15.IV.2004, R.P. Webster, in compost in mixed forest area, (3, RWC).

Bisnius cephalotes is newly recorded from New Brunswick ( Fig. 5 ), previously having been reported from the region from Nova Scotia ( Smetana 1995; Majka and Klimaszewski 2008). In the Old World it is widely distributed across the Palaearctic region, south to North Africa and east through Siberia to northeastern China ( Herman 2001; Smetana 2004b; Alonso-Zarazaga 2007). In North America, however most records are either from the northeast or the northwest (Smetana 2006). Th e earliest North American records are from 1860 in Québec ( Bain 1999). Bisnius cephalotes is a synanthropic species frequently found in various decaying plant or animal material such as carrion, compost, and dung. It is also found in bird and rodent nests ( Smetana 1995).

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Fig. 5. Distribution of Cilea silphoides, Atheta dadopora, Leptacinus intermedius, Bisnius cephalotes, Neobisnius villosulus, Philonthus jurgans, Anotylus tetracarinatus, and Anotylus insecatus in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.