Tasgius ater ( 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

Tasgius ater ( Gravenhorst, 1802)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Westmoreland Co.: Salisbury, 1.VII.1949, E.A.E., (1, NSAC). NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Bridgetown, 17.IX.1913, G.E. Saunders, (1, NSAC).

Majka and Klimaszewski (2008) reported the detection of T. ater in the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia) in 1938. Th e above record from 1913, however establishes its presence in the region at least 25 years earlier. Similarly, the earliest record from New Brunswick was 1978 ( Majka and Klimaszewski 2008) but the above record from Salisbury establishes its presence in 1949. It was first recorded in North America by Gravenhorst (1802). Tasgius ater is found throughout Europe, Russia, and North Africa east to Syria and Iran ( Herman 2001; Smetana 2004) and occurs beneath stones and wood near water ( Downie and Arnett 1996).