Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Bourdon, Caroline
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
Hughes, Cory C.
Author
Labrecque, Myriam
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ZooKeys
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Paragoniusa myrmicae Maruyama & Klimaszewski, 2004
Figs 199-205
Paragoniusa
myrmicae
(For diagnosis, see
Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004
,
2006
)
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., ca. 3 km SE of Simpsons Field,
47.5277°N
,
66.5142°W
, 25.VI-10.VII.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old cedar & spruce forest with
Populus balsamifera
&
Populus tremuloides
, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC).
Natural history.
Females of this myrmecophilous species were collected from nests of
Myrmica alaskensis
Wheeler, the only known host ant species (
Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004
,
2006
). Additional specimens were collected from window traps and a pitfall trap in a burned forest (
Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2006
,
Klimaszewski et al. 2011
). The specimen from NB was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old cedar and spruce forest with
Populus balsamifera
&
Populus tremuloides
.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
BC, AB, QC, NB, LB (
Bousquet et al. 2013
).
Figures 199-205.
Paragoniusa myrmicae
Maruyama & Klimaszewski: 199 habitus in dorsal view 200 median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view 201 aedeagus in ventral view 202 male tergite VIII 203 female tergite VIII 204 female sternite VIII 205 spermatheca 200-201 modified from
Maruyama and Klimaszewski (2006)
. Scale bar of habitus = 1 mm; remaining scale bars = 0.2 mm.