Sepedophilus versicolor (Casey, 1884)**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 55-82 : 60

Sepedophilus versicolor (Casey, 1884)** Map 5

Material examined.

CANADA, New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 25.V.2006, R. P. Webster, oak and maple forest, under bark of red oak (1 ♀, RWC); same locality, forest type and collector, 19.IX.2006, on fleshy polypore fungi (1 ♂, 2 ♀, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 15-29.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 5-17.VIII.2011, 17-30.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, NBM). Sunbury Co., Burton, near Sunpoke Lake, 45.7665°N, 66.5545°W, 15.V.2004, R. P. Webster, red oak and red maple forest with scattered white pine, under bark (1 ♀, RWC); Lakeville Corner, 45.9007°N, 66.2423°W, 27.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, on polypore fungi on Populus sp. log (2 ♂, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 5.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, among decaying (moldy) corncobs and cornhusks (1 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Campbell (1976) reported this species from mushrooms. In New Brunswick, specimens were collected from polypore fungi on logs, from under bark, and among moldy corncobs and cornhusks. This species was found in red oak and red maple forests, old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forests, and near a mixed forest. Adults were collected during May, August, and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB. ( Brunke and Marshall 2011). Campbell (1976) did not report this species from Canada. However, there are two specimens of this species in the Canadian National Collection from Turkey Point, Ontario collected in 1975 that first establish this species as a member of the Canadian fauna. Brunke and Marshall (2011) reported an additional record from Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. In the United States, this species occurs from New Hampshire west to Iowa and south to Florida ( Campbell 1976).