Bisnius pugetensis (Hatch, 1957)

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 68

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Bisnius pugetensis (Hatch, 1957)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 25.V.2015, R.P. Webster // Margin field/hardwood forest, in litter in entrance to Marmota monax burrow (1 ♀, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Smetana (1995) reported this species from burrows of various mammals such as gophers, Thomomys , Marmota , and fox. The NB specimen was collected from litter in the entrance of a Marmota monax (L.) (groundhog) burrow.