Gyrophaena wisconsinica Seevers, 1951***

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 wisconsinica Seevers, 1951*** Map 15 illustrations Seevers (1951)

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P. N. A., 47.8201°N, 65.9992°W, 12.VIII.2010, R. P. Webster, black spruce/balsam fir/cedar forest near Belledune Bog, in gilled mushroom (1 ♂, RWC).

Quebec, Abitibi, lac Duparquet, (48.46926°N, 79.27164°W) 22.VIII.1997, Berlese, Éc. peup. mort + champ Échant. S-101 1944, Peupleraie, P. Paquin (20 ♂, 32 ♀ females, LFC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual of this species from New Brunswick was collected during August from a fresh gilled mushroom in a black spruce, balsam fir, and eastern white cedar forest. Specimens from Quebec were collected by Berlese extaction of dead poplar bark and mushrooms from a poplar forest. Samples were collected during late August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB. (new Canadian record) Seevers (1951) reported this species from Wisconsin and Illinois in the United States.

Figures

Map 15. Collection localities in New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada of Gyrophaena wisconsinica.