Oxyporus (Oxyporus) kiteleyi Campbell, 1978

Webster, Reginald P. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Oxyporinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 263-271 : 265

Oxyporus (Oxyporus) kiteleyi Campbell, 1978 Map 3

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 19.VIII.2004, 8.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in Boletus sp. mushrooms (2 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC); Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1896°N, 67.6700°W, 26.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, on group of Pholiota sp. mushrooms at base of dead standing beech (1 ♀, RWC); Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1878°N, 67.6705°W, 18.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest,in large orange gilled mushrooms [probably Gymnopilus spectabilis ] near base of dead standing beech tree (5 ♂, 6 ♀, RWC, NBM); same locality and collector, 2.IX.2008, hardwood forest,on large orange gilled mushroom [probably Gymnopilus spectabilis ] on side of rotten beech log (2 ♂, RWC); Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 7.VIII.2009, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, on large orange gilled mushroom [probably Gymnopilus spectabilis ] on side of rotten beech log (7, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Hanley and Goodrich (1995b) considered Oxyporus kitelyi to have a relatively narrow range of host species. Adults have been reported from Suillus sp. ( Boletaceae ) from Massachusetts and Georgia ( Campbell 1978) and Armillaria mellea ( Tricholomataceae ) ( Hanley and Goodrich 1995b). In New Brunswick, adults were found on Boletus sp. mushrooms ( Boletaceae ), Pholiota sp. ( Cortinariaceae ) at the base of standing dead American beech ( Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), and inside a large orange-gilled mushroom species (probably Gymnopilus spectabilis (Cortinariacae)) near bases of dead standing American beech trees or on rotten beech logs. Adults occurred in tunnels within the caps of the orange-gilled mushroom species. This species was collected during August and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB ( Campbell 1978). Oxyporus kiteleyi was listed as occurring in New Brunswick by Majka et al. (2011) without any supporting references or data. Here, we provide the first documented records from New Brunswick.