Neohypnus beckeri Smetana, 1982**

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 : 298-299

Neohypnus beckeri Smetana, 1982** Map 5

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 23-28.IV.2009, 20-26.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 30.IV-17.V.2010, R. Webster & V. Webster, coll., old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 12-21.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). Sunbury Co., Sunpoke Lake, 45.7665°N, 66.5545°W, 15.V.2004, R. P. Webster, red oak and maple forest, under coyote scat and in leaf litter (2, RWC); Acadia Research Forest, 46.0188°N, 66.3765°W, 14.V.2008, 18.VI.2009, R. P. Webster, mature red spruce and red maple forest, sifting leaf litter (2, AFC); Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13-19.V.2009, 19-25.V.2009, 25.V-2.VI.2009, 2-9.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (100-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC); ca. 5 km SE of Geary, 45.7057°N, 66.4432°W, 22.V.2009, S. Makepeace & amp; R. Webster, in leaf litter with scat & bones under tree with active great horned owl nest (1, NBM). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8304°N, 66.7351°W, 18.IV.2004, 6.V.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, under moist cardboard covering old chicken bones (2, RWC); same locality but 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 5.V.2004, 12.V.2004, 9.V.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in compost (decaying vegetables) (3, RWC); same locality but 45.8286°N, 66.7365°W, 7.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, mature red spruce and eastern white cedar forest, in leaf litter (2, RWC); Canterbury, "Browns Mountain Fen Complex", 45.8937°N, 67.6564°W, 8.VI.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster, black spruce bog with eastern white cedar, in moist sphagnum on bog margin (1, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 26.IV-10.V.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, coll., old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, adults were collected from under coyote scat, under cardboard covering old chicken bones, in compost, in leaf litter in hardwood and mixed forests, and in moist sphagnum on the margin of a black spruce and eastern white cedar bog/fen. Smetana (1982) reported most specimens from leaf litter in deciduous forests, although a few were reported from a human dung trap and from under a dead beaver. Adults were collected during April, May, and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1982).

Figures

Map 5. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Neohypnus beckeri.