Batrisodes frontalis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Batrisodes
Name
Batrisodes frontalis (LeConte, 1849)** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 5–12.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 31.V–11.VI.2009, 11–18.VI.2009, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, 15–21.VII.2009, 28.VII-6.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, NBM, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 12–26.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13–21.VII.2009, 21–29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 17–26.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality and forest type but 21–28.VI.2009, 28.VI–7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
Batrisodesspeciesare usually found in leaf litter, rotten wood on the forest floor, or in ant nests amongst the ants, particularly beneath the bark of conifers (Chandler 2000[1]). They are known to be predators or scavengers on mites, earthworms, and the brood of ants (Park 1947[2]). Batrisodes frontalis has been reported from beneath bark in the nests of three species of Lasius ants (Wickham 1898[3], 1900[4]; Park 1947[2]). All specimens from New Brunswick were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in a mature hardwood forest, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest, a 110-year-old red spruce forest, and an old red pine forest. Adults were captured during June, July, and August.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
AB, MB, ON, QC, NB (Davies 1991[5]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Chandler, D; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Pselaphinae ZooKeys, 186: 31-53. doi
Other References
- ↑ Chandler D (2000) [2001]Subfamily Pselaphinae Latreille 1802, In: Newton A Thayer M Ashe J Chandler D (Eds). Family 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. In: Arnett RH Jr., Thomas MC (Eds) American Beetles, Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Volume 1. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, xv + 286–295: 344-354.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Park O (1947) Observations on Batrisodes (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae), with particular reference to the American species east of the Rocky Mountains. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 8(3): 45–132, pls. 1-ix.
- ↑ Wickham H (1898) On Coleoptera found with ants. (Fourth paper). Psyche 8: 219–221, pl. 6.
- ↑ Wickham H (1900) On Coleoptera found with ants. (Fifth paper). Psyche 9: 3-5.
- ↑ Davies A (1991) Family Pselaphidae: short-winged mold beetles [pp. 125–129] In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska, Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, 430 pp.
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