Mocyta fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806)

Majka, Christopher & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2008, New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 85-114 : 103

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792950
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scientific name	Mocyta fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806)
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CANADA: ALBERTA: 8 km southeast of Sherwood Park, NE 7 Twp. , 53°31’N, 113°19’W, 31.VIII.2003, J. Klimaszewski, aspen forest, (1f, LFC; 10, LFC). BRITISH GoogleMaps COLUMBIA: Wynndel, Kootenay Lake , 14.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU); near Cherryville at Monashee Summit , 1100-1200 m, 8.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) ; near Mabel Lake at Squaw Valley , 4.VIII.1982, 5.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (2f, MZLU) ; 15 km east Denver, Zincton Summit , 13.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, LFC) .

This adventive, Palaearctic species is newly recorded from Alberta and British Columbia. It is widely distributed across Europe, North Africa, and Asia ( Smetana 2004). It is found in fungi, litter (mainly deciduous), rotten wood, in mosses, and in decaying plants ( Burakowski et al. 1981).