Scaphium castanipes Kirby, 1837**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Osorinae, and Oxytelinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 239-262 : 240

Scaphium castanipes Kirby, 1837** Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co. Mount Carleton Provincial Park, Mount Sagamook, 625 m elev., 47.4112°N, 66.8599°W, 2.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on decaying gilled mushroom (1, RWC); Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 28.VII.2011, R. P. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, in gilled mushrooms (4, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

The larvae of this species feed on mushrooms ( Ashe 1984). The New Brunswick specimens were collected from a decaying gilled mushroom on a mountain side (625 m elev.) and from gilled mushrooms in an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest. Adults were collected during June and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YK, NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Campbell 1991).