Microsaurus campbelli, Smetana, 1971 **

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 : 303

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Microsaurus campbelli
status

 

Quedius (Microsaurus) campbelli Smetana,1971** Map 13 View Map 13

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Fredericton, University of New Brunswick Woodlot, 45.9391°N, 66.6747°W, 17.VIII.2009, R. P. Webster, D. McAlpine, & G. Forbes, in beaver ( Castor canadensis ) lodge, within wall of lodge (2 ♂, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Smetana (1971a, 1976) reported specimens from near or within (in walls) muskrat nests and beaver lodges. Two of the New Brunswick specimens were collected from within the wall of a beaver lodge in August. One was captured during June in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) and white spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) forest.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1971a, 1976).