New distribution records for Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), and new synonymies for Trichiusa

By

Klimaszewski, Jan
Godin, Benoit
Bourdon, Caroline
Langor, David William, 1960-
Lee, Seung-Il
Horwood, Denise

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

498

Pages

51-91

Subjects

Alberta , British Columbia , Canada , Coleoptera , Manitoba , new distribution records , new synonymy , Northwest Territories , Rove beetles , Saskatchewan , species richness , Staphylinidae , Yukon Territory

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.498.9282

 

Abstract

Fifty-four new Canadian provincial records of aleocharine beetles (Staphylinidae), including three new Canadian records and one new North American record, are presented. Of these, 33 are new provincial records for Saskatchewan, 14 for Alberta, two for British Columbia, three for Manitoba, two for the Northwest Territories and one for the Yukon Territory. The following are new Canadian records: Trichiusa pilosa Casey [formerly reported from Nova Scotia and Ontario as T. postica Casey], Acrotona recondita (Erichson) and the adventive Palaearctic Atheta nigra (Kraatz), which is also a new North American record. Bionomics information and new locality records are provided. The following new synonyms of Trichiusa pilosa Casey are established: T. atra Casey, T. monticola Casey, T. parviceps Casey, and T. postica Casey. The numbers of Aleocharinae remaining to be discovered in Canadian provinces and territories are discussed.