Aleochara rubripennis (Casey, 1906)**

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, and an addition to the fauna of Quebec, Canada: Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 83-118 : 85

Aleochara rubripennis (Casey, 1906)** Map 1 illustrations in Klimaszewski (1984)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 21-27. V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Keswick River at Rt. 105, 45.9938°N, 66.8344°W, 3.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, in entrance to woodchuck burrow (1 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was reported from groundhog ( Marmota sp.) and ground squirrel ( Cittellus sp.) burrows, usually early in the spring ( Klimaszewski 1984). Adults were taken from moist soil and grass roots in or near the entrances to the burrows. One of the specimens from New Brunswick was collected from litter in the entrance to a groundhog or woodchuck ( Marmota monax (L.)) burrow. The other individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest. Adults were collected during May and early June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( Klimaszewski 1984; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).

Figures

Map 1. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Aleochara rubripennis.