Meotica pallens
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Meotica
Name
Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher, 1849)† – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Meotica pallens(For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2007[1])
Material examined
New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 30.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster // Old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 2.V.2010, R.P. Webster // Mixed forest opening, collected with net during evening flight between 16:30 and 20:00 h (2 ♀, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.8331°N, 66.7279°W, 20.V.2010 // Beaver dam, among sticks, debris, and clay on dam (1 ♂, RWC).
Natural history
Adults were collected with a net in a mixed forest opening during the evening, and sifted from among sticks, debris and clay on a beaver dam. One individual was caught in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old-growth northern hardwood forest. This species was collected during May and June in NB.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
BC, ON, NB, NS (Klimaszewski et al. 2007[1]; Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b[2]; Bousquet et al. 2013[3]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Klimaszewski, J; Bourdon, C; Sweeney, J; Hughes, C; Labrecque, M; 2016: Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species ZooKeys, (573): 85-216. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klimaszewski J, Assing V, Majka C, Pelletier G, Webster R, Langor D (2007) Records of adventive aleocharine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) found in Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 139(1): 54–79. doi: 10.4039/n05-105
- ↑ Majka C, Klimaszewski J (2008b) New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 2: 85–114. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.2.7
- ↑ Bousquet Y, Bouchard P, Davies A, Sikes D (2013) Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 109, Sofia-Moscow, 402 pp.
