Porrhodites inflatus (Hatch, 1957)**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Omaliinae, Micropeplinae, Phloeocharinae, Olisthaerinae, and Habrocerinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 7-29 : 12

Porrhodites inflatus (Hatch, 1957)** Map 10

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co. Charters Settlement, 45.8260°N, 66.7376°W, 29.XI.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on surface of puddle on forest trail after heavy rain (17, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species is rarely collected, in part because it is primarily active in the late fall and early winter ( Campbell 1984b). Adults have been found crawling on snow on a warm day in November and by sifting moss and plant debris in October and November ( Campbell 1984b). The New Brunswick specimens were found floating on water on the surface of frozen puddles along a forest trail after a heavy rain the previous night that had melted a 10 cm deep snow cover. Presumably the adults were washed into the puddles by the heavy rain. The adults were collected in late November.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, ON, QC, NB ( Campbell 1984b).