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
text
ZooKeys
2008
2008-09-04
2
2
115
150
journal article
10.3897/zookeys.2.2
6a4658b7-ce15-45fb-8985-b925e1490704
1313–2970
576408
Brachygluta abdominalis
(Aubé, 1833)
Brachygluta abdominalis
was reported in
New Brunswick
and
Nova Scotia
by
Majka and Ogden (2006)
. Its distribution in Atlantic
Canada
and Maine is shown in
Majka and Ogden (2006)
. The species is found in leaf litter in salt marshes and sand dune areas and in beach drift at the upper margin of the intertidal zone (
Majka and Ogden 2006
). Species of
Brachygluta
are specialist predators of mites (
Hammond 2000
).