Scopaeus (Scopaeus) minutus Erichson, 1840†
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Scopaeus (Scopaeus) minutus Erichson, 1840† View in CoL
Material examined.
New Brunswick, York Co., Fredericton, at St. John River, 45.9588°N, 66.6254°W, 7.VI.2005, R.P. Webster // River margin, in flood debris (1 ♀, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 30.IV.2005, 5.VI.2007, 20.IX.2007, 30.VI.2008, R.P. Webster // Residential lawn, on soil at base of lawn grass (2 ♂, 7 sex undetermined, RWC).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013). This adventive species from the Palaearctic was first reported in North America from Montreal, QC by Frisch et al. (2002), followed by additional records from ON reported by Brunke and Marshall (2011).
Natural history.
In the Palaearctic, Scopaeus minutus is usually found in early successional habitats ( Boháč 1985) and drier habitats than other members of this genus ( Frisch et al. 2002). Specimens from ON were caught in passive traps in soybean fields and woodlot edges ( Brunke and Marshall 2011). Most NB specimens were found on soil at the base of grass in a residential lawn. One individual was sifted from flood debris along a river margin.
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