Adventive Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: further contributions Majka, Christopher Klimaszewski, Jan ZooKeys 2008 2008-09-04 2 2 151 174 8VRTR " (Redtenbacher, 1849) sensu Benick and Lohse (1974) " (Redtenbacher, 1849) sensu Benick and Lohse 1974 Redtenbacher Insecta Staphylinidae Meotica Animalia Coleoptera 7 158 Arthropoda genus     NOVA SCOTIA: Hants Co.:St. Croix, 28.VII. 2007, M. Moseley, in wet moss in a gypsum sinkhole, ( 1 female, NSMC).  This species is newly recorded for NovaScotia and the MaritimeProvinces ( Fig. 1). In North America it has previously been recorded from British Columbia, New Jersey, Ontario, and Rhode Island( Gouix and Klimaszewski2007; Klimaszewski et al. 2007). The earliest North American specimen was collected at the end of the 19th century by Casey in Rhode Island and was described by him as  SipaliellafilariaCasey, 1911, which was subsequently synonymized with  M. pallensby Gusarov (2002). The concept of  Meotica pallens(Redtenbacher)in Europe is problematic. Canadian specimens are conspecific with the central European specimens cited as  M. pallens(Redtenbacher) sensuBenick and Lohse (1974) ( Klimaszewski et al. 2007). According to Muona (1991),  M. pallens(Redtenbacher)is synonymous with  M. lohseiBenick, M. hanseniScheerpeltz,  M. strandiScheerpeltz, and  M. strandi sensu Muona (1979), but is a different species from that listed from central Europe by Benick and Lohse (1974)under the same name. Following Klimaszewski et al. (2007)we employ the tentative name M. “ pallens”(Redtenbacher) sensu Benick and Lohse (1974)for this specimen pending revisionary studies in Europe.   Fig. 4.Dorsal habitus photograph of  Meotica“ pallens” sensu Benick and Lohse (1974)  Klimaszewski et al. (2007)reported a specimen in Ontariocollected in a muskrat nest near a  Sphagnumbog. Th e Nova Scotiaspecimen was collected in wet moss in a gypsum sinkhole. Muona (1991: 231)says that, “Th is species seems to live more or less subterraneously. It has been taken from burrows of small mammals and can be found by sieving rich soils around trees early in the spring as well as in flood refuse”.  Meotica pallens(Redtenbacher) sensu Muona, 1991is wing-dimorphic, with both brachypterous and macropterous forms. The Nova Scotiaspecimen is macropterous. A dorsal habitus photograph is provided in Fig. 4. For illustrations of the genitalia see Klimaszewski et al. (2007). 2609038543 7 158