Placusa vaga Casey

Klimaszewski, Jan, Larson, David J., Labrecque, Myriam & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Twelve new species and fifty-three new provincial distribution records of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Saskatchewan, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 610, pp. 45-112 : 90

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Placusa vaga Casey

(for diagnosis and illustrations, see Klimaszewski et al. 2001)

Distribution.

Natural history.

In SK, one specimen was captured under bark of lodgepole pine. In QC, specimens were captured in Abies balsamea stands: old-growth stands, undetermined age stands, in Picea glauca stand, and Populus tremuloides with Picea glauca stand ( Klimaszewski et al. 2001). All Quebec specimens except one (Multi-Pher 7 pitfall trap) were captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with alpha-pinene and 95% ethanol, and with 70% ethanol as preservative ( Klimaszewski et al. 2001). Collecting period: June to August.