Acrotona smithi Casey, 1910**

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 : 93

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2655

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Acrotona smithi Casey, 1910**
status

 

Acrotona smithi Casey, 1910** Map 19 View Map 19 illustrations in Brunke et al. (2012)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Dipper Harbour, 45.1169°N, 66.3771°W, 7.V.2006, 15.V.2006, 30.V.2006, R. P. Webster, upper margin sea beach, in decaying sea wrack and debris under alders (2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, LFC; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.1154°N, 66.3720°W, 12.V.2008, sea beach, in decaying sea wrack on gravel and sand (1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, RWC.

Collection and habitat data.

Specimens of Acrotona smithi Casey from New Brunswick were collected during May on the upper margin of a sea beach from decaying sea wrack under alders ( Alnus sp.) and on gravel and sand.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB. This species is more widely distributed in eastern Canada, and all other new records are reported in Brunke et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Acrotona