Carpelimus weissi (Notman, 1924)

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 54

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Carpelimus weissi (Notman, 1924) Figs 38-39

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., 5.0 km NW of Pomeroy Ridge, 45.3059°N, 67.4343°W, 5.VI.2008, R.P. Webster // Alder swamp, in moss hummocks with grasses (1 ♂, HNHM; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC); 5.2 km NW of Pomeroy Ridge, 45.3087°N, 67.4362°W, 5.VI.2008, 16.VI.2008, R.P. Webster // Red maple swamp, in sphagnum with grasses near vernal pools (1 ♀ HNHM; 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, RWC); 3 km SW of King Brook Lake, 45.3194°N, 67.4414°W, 27.V.2007, R.P. Webster // Wet eastern white cedar, red maple & black ash swamp, in moist litter & moss near small pool (1 ♂, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB (New Canadian record). There are no other records of this species aside from the unique type from NJ.

Natural history.

Carpelimus weissi specimens were sifted from moss in moss hummocks, sphagnum near vernal pools, and from moist litter and moss near vernal pools in alder swamps, red maple swamps, and an eastern white cedar swamp with red maple and black ash ( Fraxinus nigra Marsh), respectively. Adults were collected during May and June (NB) and August (type).