Trichiusa pilosa Casey, 1894

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 : 143-144

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Trichiusa pilosa Casey, 1894 Figs 295-302

Trichiusa pilosa (For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2015a)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake at Youngs Cove, 45.96358°N, 65.99793°W, 4.VIII.2005, R.P. Webster, coll. // Lake margin, cobblestone beach, under cobblestones (2 ♀, RWC). Sunbury Co., Gilbert Island, 45.8770°N, 66.2954°W, 12-29.VI.2012, C. Alderson, C. Hughes & V. Webster // Hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Populus tremuloides (1 ♂, RWC).

Natural history.

Two individuals were collected from under cobblestones along a lakeshore in August, another was captured in a Lindgren trap in the canopy of a trembling aspen in a hardwood forest in June. In Alberta, one female was collected with a window trap and in British Columbia, specimens were found in bison dung ( Klimaszewski et al. 2015a).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, ON, NB, NS ( Klimaszewski et al. 2015a).

Comments.

Klimaszewski et al. (2015a) synonomized this species with Trichiusa atra Casey, Trichiusa monticola Casey, Trichiusa parviceps Casey, and Trichiusa postica Casey. Trichiusa pilosa was previously reported from NS and ON (as Trichiusa postica ) by Majka and Klimaszewski (2010) and Casey (1906) [type loc.], respectively.