Edaphus lederi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Edaphus
Name
Edaphus lederi Eppelsheim, 1878† – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Canada, New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 5.IX.2009, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mixed forest, in pile of decaying corncobs and cornhusks (1, RWC); same locality and habitat data but 3.IX.2010 (4, RWC).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
NB (new Canadian record). Puthz (2010)[1] synonymized Edaphus beszedesi Reitter (Type locality Lincoln, Nebraska (Reitter 1914[2])) with Edaphus lederi, so all previous records of Edaphus beszedesi are Edaphus lederi. Puthz considered this species to be Palaearctic and adventive to North America and reported it from IL and KS in the USA. There is an additional specimen in CNC determined by Puthz from AL, indicating that this species is widespread in the USA. This species is widespread in central and southern Europe and may have been introduced into North America with leaf litter or other vegetable debris (Puthz 1974[3]). Puthz (2010)[1] reported it from Taiwan, where it is adventive. This is the first record of this genus for Canada.
Natural history
The five specimens of this species from NB were sifted from a pile of decaying, moldy corncobs and cornhusks in September. It was reported from a corncob pile in IL and decaying vegetation in KS (Puthz 1974[3]).
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
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Puthz V (2010) Edaphus aus Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) 101. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Euaesthetinen. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 265–336. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117785
- ↑ Reitter E (1914) Übersicht der bekannten Arten der Coleopteren-Gattung Edaphus Leconte (Staphyl.) aus Europa und den angrenzenden Ländern. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 58 [1913]: 188–189.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Puthz V (1974) A new revision of the Nearctic Edaphus -species and remarks on other North American Euaesthetinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81: 911–932. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.76051