Achenomorphus corticinus (Gravenhorst, 1802)**

Webster, Reginald P. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Paederinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 273-292 : 281-282

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2504

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scientific name

Achenomorphus corticinus (Gravenhorst, 1802)**
status

 

Achenomorphus corticinus (Gravenhorst, 1802)** Map 13

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Maugerville, Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8992°N, 66.4248°W, 18.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, silver maple forest (swamp), black light trap (2 ♀, RWC). York Co., Fredericton, Odell Park, 45.9570°N, 66.6695°W, 19.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, compost (with) wood chips and decaying plant material (2 ♂, 7 ♀, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 17.VII.2004, 9.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (2 ♀, RWC); same locality and collector but, 45.8456°N, 66.7267°W, 10.VI.2010, beaver dam, among sticks and debris near outflow area of dam (1 sex undetermined, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, Achenomorphus corticinus adults were collected at ultraviolet light near a mixed forest and in a silver maple swamp. Adults were common in compost with wood chips and decaying plant material. One individual was collected from among sticks and debris near the outflow area of a beaver dam.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( Campbell and Davies 1991).