Oligota pusillima Gravenhorst, 1806†

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, Bourdon, Caroline, Sweeney, Jon D., Hughes, Cory C. & Labrecque, Myriam, 2016, Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species, ZooKeys 573, pp. 85-216 : 167-168

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7016

publication LSID

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scientific name

Oligota pusillima Gravenhorst, 1806†
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Oligota pusillima Gravenhorst, 1806† View in CoL Figs 394-400

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 30.IX.2007, 5.X.2007, 27.IV.2008, 8.VIII.2010, 7.IX.2010, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs & cornhusks (2 ♂, 4 ♀, RWC); same data but 5.X.2007, 3.IX.2010 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, LFC).

Natural history.

Oligota pusillima was found in a pile of decaying and moldy corncobs and cornhusks near a composter in a residential area adjacent to a mixed forest. Mites were abundant in the moldy corncobs and cornhusks where the specimens were collected. Adults were collected during April, August, September, and October.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB (New Canadian record).

Comments.

Oligota pusillima is considered a cosmopolitan species ( Smetana 2004). It was known in the USA from MA ( Fauvel 1889) and NY (synonyms Oligota linearis Casey and Oligota parallela Casey), but it was never before recorded from Canada.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Oligota