New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, and an addition to the fauna of Quebec, Canada: Aleocharinae
Webster, Reginald P.
Klimaszewski, Jan
Sweeney, Jon D.
DeMerchant, Ian
ZooKeys
2012
2012-04-26
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Casey, 1906 **
Casey
1906
Hexapoda
Staphylinidae
Tachyusa
GBIF
Animalia
Tachyusa obsoleta
Coleoptera
5
88
Arthropoda
species
obsoleta
Material examined. New Brunswick, Queens Co.,Welsford (Bayard) near Nerepis River, 45.4441°N, 66.3300°W, 27.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, coll., river margin, among grass and debris near water (3 ♀, RWC); Bayard at Nerepis river, 45.4426°N, 66.3280°W, 25.V.2008, 30.V.2008, 20.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, coll., river margin, lightly splashing fine sand (3 ♂, 3 ♀, LFC, RWC). York Co.,Douglas, Keswick River at Rt. 105, 45.9922°N, 66.8326°W, 9.V.2006, R. P. Webster, river margin, on moist clay (1 ♀, RWC). Map 8.Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Tachyusa obsoleta.
Collection and habitat data. In New Brunswick, most adults of Tachyusa obsoletawere collected during May and June by lightly splashing water on fine sand near a river margin. Other individuals were found on moist clay and by sifting grass and debris along river margins.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. BC, SK, NB( Pasnik2006). For records from the USA, see Pasnik(2006). This is almost certainly a transcontinental species in North America.