Bisnius fimetarius
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Bisnius
Name
Bisnius fimetarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)† – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 25.V.2011, R.P. Webster // Old-growth northern hardwood forest, in moose dung (1 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
QC, NB, NF (Bousquet et al. 2013[1]). Bisnius fimetarius is a Palaearctic species (Smetana 2004[2]) previously known to be adventive to North America in NF and QC (Smetana 1965[3], 1995[4]).
Natural history
Smetana (1995)[4] reported this species in various kinds of organic material such as dung and carrion, usually near human settlements. The two specimens from NB were found in moose dung in an old-growth northern hardwood forest.
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Davies, A; Klimaszewski, J; Bourdon, C; 2016: Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) ZooKeys, (573): 31-83. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bousquet Y, Bouchard P, Davies A, Sikes D (2013) Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 109, Sofia-Moscow, 402 pp.
- ↑ Smetana A (2004) Family Staphylinidae Latrielle, 1802 [subfamilies Piestinae-Staphylininae]. In: Löbl I Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea – Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 504–698.
- ↑ Smetana A (1965) Staphylinini und Quediini (Col., Staphylinidae) von Newfoundland, Südost-Labrador und Nova Scotia (59. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Staphyliniden). Acta Entomologica Fennica 20: 1–60.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Smetana A (1995) Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, International No. 3, x + 946 pp.
