Phyllodrepa punctiventris (Fauvel, 1878)

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Phyllodrepa punctiventris (Fauvel, 1878)

Fig. 3

Note.

Phyllodrepa punctiventris is easily distinguished from other species in eastern North America by the entirely pale body. In the case of teneral specimens, it can be recognized by the pronotum with microsculpture of transverse waves across the entire disc, elytra without scratch-like sculpture between the punctures and elytral punctures in clear longitudinal rows. The parameres of the aedeagus are also distinctive (Fig. 3 ). Little has been published about the species’ microhabitat preferences, but it may live in bird nests or tree-holes, as one of the Quebec specimens was collected in a canopy trap and one specimen from Washington DC (CNC) was collected from an oak tree-hole. We are not aware of previously published specimen data for Ontario, so the data are provided below.

Specimen data.

Canada: ONTARIO - Chatham-Kent Region, Rondeau Provincial Park, Nature Centre, at blacklight at edge of forest, 31.V.1985, L. LeSage (1, CNC). QUEBEC - MRC des Deux-Montagnes, Parc National d’Oka (45.4767, -74.0537), 27.V.2002, R. Vigneault [Collected with permit] (1, RVC); Same general locality and collector but 20.V.2017 (1, RVC); Same general locality and collector but 2.V.2018, white tulle fabric interception trap in a compost site (1, LLC). - MRC du Haut-St-Laurent, Havelock (45.026750, -73.800528), 3-18.VI.2023, N. Bédard, Canopy cross-vane trap with fermentation bait (1, NBC).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC ( Bousquet et al. 2013) - New to Quebec, supporting data for Ontario.

Subfamily Paederinae Fleming, 1821

Figures

Figures 3, 4. Habitus and aedeagus of 3 Phyllodrepa punctiventris (Fauvel, 1878), aedeagus ventral view 4 Hypomedon debilicornis (Wollaston, 1857), habitus only.