Diochus schaumi Kraatz, 1860**

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 : 297

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2469

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scientific name

Diochus schaumi Kraatz, 1860**
status

 

Diochus schaumi Kraatz, 1860** Map 1 View Map 1

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Upper Brockway, 45.5684°N, 67.0993°W, 23.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, forested black spruce bog, in sphagnum. (1, RWC)

Collection and habitat data.

The single New Brunswick specimen was collected from sphagnum in a forested black spruce ( Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) bog. Elsewhere this species has been reported from forest litter and from wet moss and debris in wet habitats, such as swamps, marshes, bogs, and lake and stream margins ( Smetana 1982). The single adult was collected by sifting sphagnum during late April.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1982).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Diochus