Acrotona smithi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Acrotona
Name
Acrotona smithi Casey, 1910** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Dipper Harbour, 45.1169°N, 66.3771°W, 7.V.2006, 15.V.2006, 30.V.2006, R. P. Webster, upper margin sea beach, in decaying sea wrack and debris under alders (2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, LFC; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.1154°N, 66.3720°W, 12.V.2008, sea beach, in decaying sea wrack on gravel and sand (1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 sex undetermined, RWC.
Collection and habitat data
Specimens of Acrotona smithi Casey from New Brunswick were collected during May on the upper margin of a sea beach from decaying sea wrack under alders (Alnus sp.) and on gravel and sand.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
NB. This species is more widely distributed in eastern Canada, and all other new records are reported in Brunke et al. (2012)[1].
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
- ↑ Brunke A, Klimaszewski J, Dorval J, Bourdon C, Paiero S, Marshall S (2012) New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species. In: Klimaszewski J Anderson R (Eds). Biodiversity, Biosystematics and Ecology of Canadian Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) II. ZooKeys 186: 119–206. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2947
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