Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877)

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 : 66

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., 12 km SSE of Upper Napan [Goodfellow Brook P.N.A.], 46.8943°N, 65.3796°W, 7.VI.2006, R.P. Webster // Eastern white cedar swamp, in moss & leaf litter (2 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC); same locality data and collector but 23.V.2007 // Old-growth, wet eastern white cedar swamp, in litter, grasses & moss on hummocks near water [pools] (1 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

This species was sifted from moss and leaf litter, and litter, grasses, and moss on hummocks near water in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp. Adults were found in May and June.