Gyrophaena michigana 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 michigana Seevers, 1951*** Map 13 Figs 116e,f in Seevers (1951) Figs 145-151 in Klimaszewski et al. (2009b) (erroneously as Gyrophaena uteana Casey).

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Belleville, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 23.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on gilled mushrooms (2 ♂, RWC). Sunbury Co., Lakeville Corner, 45.9007°N, 66.2423°W, 12.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, on ridge with oaks & red maple, on gilled mushroom (1 ♂, RWC); Acadia Research Forest, 46.0173°N, 66.3741°W, 17.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, Road 7 Control, mature red spruce & red maple forest, in gilled mushrooms (2 ♂, LFC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, this species was collected from fresh gilled mushrooms in a mixed forest, a silver maple swamp, and a mature red spruce and red maple forest. Adults were collected during June, July, and August. Little was previously known about the habitat associations and bionomics of this species.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

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

Figures

Map 13. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Gyrophaena michigana.