New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae
Webster, Reginald P.
Smetana, Ales
Sweeney, Jon D.
DeMerchant, Ian
ZooKeys
2012
2012-04-26
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293
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(Paykull, 1790)
Paykull
1790
Hexapoda
Staphylinidae
Quedius
GBIF
Animalia
Quedius (Distichalius) cinctus
Coleoptera
17
310
Arthropoda
species
cinctus
Distichalius
Material examined. Additional New Brunswick records. Restigouche Co., Mount Atkinson, 447 m elev., 47.8192°N, 68.2618°W, 21.VII.2010, R. P. Webster, spruce and balsam fir forest (boreal forest), small shaded spring-fed brook with mossy margin, in wet moss (1 ♂, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 8.X.2004, 6.X.2005, R. P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, baited with pile of decaying mushrooms (1 ♂, 3 ♀, NBM, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 18.X.2004, 6.IX.2005, 5.VIII.2005, 29.III.2006, 17.IX.2006, 26.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in pile of decaying (moldy) corncobs and cornhusks (4 ♂, 3 ♀, NBM, RWC); same locality data and collector but 17.IX.2006, mixed forest, in pile of decaying leaves (1 ♂, RWC).
Collection and habitat data. In Europe, Quedius cinctususually occurs in decaying organic material, usually near human settlements ( Smetana 1971a). In New Brunswick, specimens were similarly found in decaying organic material (decaying mushrooms, decaying corncobs and cornhusks, decaying leaves). One individual was found in wet moss along a cold, shaded brook. Adults were collected in April, July, September, and October.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, NB ( Majka et al. 2009; Brunke and Marshall 2011). This adventive species was first reported from New Brunswick and Canada by Majka et al. (2009)from three specimens collected from a domestic pig carcass in Bouctouche (Kent Co.) in 2007. This species is probably well established in NewBrunswick and likely occurs in the intervening areas between this province and Massachusetts (Framingham and Fall River, USA), where the species was first reported by Smetana (1971a)from North America. Map 23.Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Quedius cinctus.