The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records Author Majka, Christopher Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada Author Klimaszewski, Jan St. Francis Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Author Lauff, Randolph St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish ,, Canada text ZooKeys 2008 2008-09-04 2 2 115 150 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.2.2 6a4658b7-ce15-45fb-8985-b925e1490704 1313–2970 576408 Philonthus furvus Nordman, 1837 NEW BRUNSWICK : Charlotte Co.: St. Andrews, 17.VIII.1955 , J.R. Vockeroth, (1, CNC). NOVA SCOTIA : Digby Co.: Brier Island, Pond Cove, 28.VII.2003 , 15.IX.2004 , J. Ogden & K. Goodwin, beach drift on rocky cobble shore, pitfall trap, (4, JOC). Smetana (1995: 96) wrote, “ Philonthus furvus is a distinctly hygrophilous species, occurring in all kinds of wet habitats, such as edges of lakes and ponds, marshes and swamps, banks of rivers and creeks, wet forests, seepages, etc.” Davies (1979) found this species was apparently well-adapted to, and dependant on, beach-wrack environments in St. Andrews, New Brunswick . The above records from Brier Island (NS) are from a similar environment. Its distribution in North America is shown in Smetana (1995) .