Gyrophaena uteana Casey, 1906**

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, 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, Canada: Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 83-118 : 91

Gyrophaena uteana Casey, 1906** Map 14 Figs 116c,d in Seevers (1951) Figs 152-158 in Klimaszewski et al. (2009b) (erroneously as Gyrophaena gaudens Casey).

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., (Belleville) Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1957°N, 67.6803°W, 1.VIII.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on bracket fungi (1 ♂, LFC 1 ♀, RWC); same locality and collector but 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 23.VI.2006, mixed forest, on gilled mushroom (1 ♂, RWC); same locality data and collector but 19.VII.2006, mixed forest, on small gilled mushrooms on log (Photo 2008-93, ♂, RWC); same locality data and collector but 7.IX.2004, mixed forest, on fleshy (gilled) fungi (Photo 2008-107, 1 ♀, LFC); same locality and collector but 46.1940°N, 67.6800°W, 3.VII.2006, mixed forest, in Pleurotus sp. on dead standing Populus tremuloides (Photo 2008-106, 1 ♂, LFC; 1 ♂, RWC); same locality and collector but 46.1910°N, 67.6740°W, 31.VIII.2006, mixed forest, on polypore fungi (1 ♂, LFC; 1 ♂, RWC). York Co., Keswick River at Rt. 105, 45.9920°N, 66.8334°W, 9.VII.2009, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, on small gilled mushrooms on log (2 ♂, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Gyrophaena uteana from New Brunswick was collected in mixed forests and a silver maple swamp. Adults were collected from polypore fungi, on fresh gilled mushrooms, on a small (fresh) gilled mushroom on a log, and from a Pleurotus sp. on a dead, standing trembling aspen ( Populus tremuloides Michx.). Adults were collected during June, July, August, and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, QC, NB ( Klimaszewski et al. 2009b).

Figures

Map 14. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Gyrophaena uteana.