Oxyporus ashei Campbell, 1978

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Oxyporus ashei Campbell, 1978

Fig. 5

Note.

See Campbell (1978) for identification. Oxyporus ashei was described by Campbell (1978) based on four specimens from North Carolina. We newly record it here from southern Canada (QC, ON), extending its distribution far northward. This species is rarely collected but can be easily recognized by the mostly pale orange-yellow body dorsally, contrasting with the dark ventral head and thorax. Its color pattern is strikingly similar to the distantly related and common eastern species Pseudoxyporus lateralis (Gravenhorst, 1802) but can be distinguished by the much shorter antennae and entirely dark mandibles.

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - MRC des Deux-Montagnes, Parc National d’Oka (45.472273, -74.049343), 1.VII.2018, R. Vigneault, white tulle fabric interception trap [Collected with permit] (1, RVC).

Internet data.

Canada: ONTARIO - York Co., King City (43.9635, -79.5227), 2.VIII.2021, Shuk Han (Nancy) Mak, Recorded through INaturalist (Obs.: 89701768).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC - New to Ontario, Quebec, and Canada.

Subfamily Proteininae Erichson, 1839

Figures

Figure 5. Habitus of Oxyporus ashei Campbell, 1978, dorsal and lateral views.