Stenus (Hypostenus) punctatus Erichson, 1840

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 59

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7830

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B3E2C9-EA73-4934-A83D-4512681E2967

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Stenus (Hypostenus) punctatus Erichson, 1840
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Stenus (Hypostenus) punctatus Erichson, 1840 View in CoL

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near New River, 45.21176°N, 66.61790°W, 7.VII.2006, 22.IX.2006, R.P. Webster // Eastern white cedar swamp, small pond & marsh, treading Carex hummocks into water (2 ♂, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 5.VII.2010, R.P. Webster // Old silver maple forest & seasonally flooded marsh, treading (1 ♂, RWC); C.F.B. Gagetown, 45.7516°N, 66.1866°W, 20.V-4.VI.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest with Quercus rubra , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy (1 ♂, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

In NB, this species was found in an eastern white cedar swamp in a small pond and marsh, a seasonally flooded marsh, and an old mixed forest. Specimens were collected by treading Carex hummock into water, treading marsh vegetation, and one was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap. Adults were collected in May, June, July, and September.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Stenus