The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
St. Francis Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Author
Lauff, Randolph
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish ,, Canada
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2008-09-04
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Bledius mandibularis
Erichson, 1840
NOVA SCOTIA
: Lunenburg Co.:
Backmans Beach,
28.VII.1971
, B. Wright, (1, NSMC).
Bledius mandibularis
is newly recorded in
Nova Scotia
and Atlantic
Canada
. Its distribution in Atlantic
Canada
is shown in
Fig. 14
. In North America there are two populations; a coastal one occurring from southern
Texas
to
Massachusetts
, and an inland one found in the central regions of the
United States
, north to southern Manitoba (
Herman 1972
). The coastal population is found on bare, moist ground in saline habitats, generally on the leeward side of islands or peninsulas and behind beach dunes (
Herman 1972
). Backmans Beach is a small island at the tip of the Second Peninsula in Lunenburg County which is linked to the mainland via a barrier beach. It has six variously sized barrier beach-coastal lagoon areas with associated marshlands and sand flats.