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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Tomoglossa
Name
Tomoglossa decora (Casey, 1910 )*** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Canada, New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near Little Lepreau, 45.1242°N, 66.4732°W, 11.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, coll., barrier beach, intertidal zone, under small rocks in sand/clay mix near small bay, 1 to 2 meters below mean high tide mark (2 ♂, RWC ). Saint John Co., Chance Harbour off Cranberry Head Rd., 45.1350°N, 66.3439°W, 6.VII.2008, R. P. Webster coll., barrier beach, intertidal zone, under cobble stones in sand adjacent to salt marsh, about 0.5 meters below mean high tide mark, (2 ♀, RWC); same locality and collector except 45.1357°N, 66.3451°W, 11.VII.2008, under cobble stones in sand adjacent to salt marsh, about 0.5-2.0 meters below mean high tide mark (1 ♂, LFC; 1 ♀, RWC ); same locality and collector but 45.1354°N, 66.3438°W, salt marsh, under small rock on salt marsh side of barrier beach (1 ♂, RWC ); Chance Harbour, 45.1173°N, 66.3766°W, 25.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, salt marsh adjacent to barrier beach, under small rock among Spartina patens (1 ♀, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
In New Brunswick, this species was found on the salt marsh side of barrier beaches in the intertidal zone, 1–2 m below the mean high-tide mark. Adults occurred under small rocks set in sand or a sand–clay mix in areas with sparse Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. (salt meadow grass). Adults were collected during June and July.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
NB (new Canadian record). Gusarov (2002)[1] reported this species from the eastern USA.
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Klimaszewski, J; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, and an addition to the fauna of Quebec, Canada: Aleocharinae ZooKeys, 186: 83-118. doi
Other References
- ↑ Gusarov V (2002) A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tomoglossa Kratz, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 30: 1-19.
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