Mocyta sphagnorum\according to Klimaszewski et al 2016
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Mocyta
Name
Mocyta sphagnorum Klimaszewski & Webster – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- [[|]](for details and illustrations, see Klimaszewski et al. 2015b[1])
Distribution
| Origin | Nearctic |
| Distribution | Canada: NB, NF, ON, QC, SK. |
| New provincial records | CANADA, Saskatchewan: Larson Ranch, Hwy 21, 16 km S Maple Creek: 27-IV-2013, sifting willow-aspen, hawthorn litter near creek, D. Larson (DLC) 1 male, 1 female; 20-V-2008, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; 25-V-2013, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; 12-VII-2012, wet grass and weed clippings, D. Larson (DLC) 2 females; 16-VIII-2012, new brome/alfalfa hay, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; 8-IX-2012, compost, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; Gull Lake, N town of Gull Lake, 17-V-2014, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; Cypress Hills Park, Center Block: Highland Trail, 20-V-2013, moist spruce litter near stream, D. Larson (DLC) 2 females; 7-IX-2014, spruce-aspen, D. Larson (DLC) 1 male; 13-IX-2012, sifting spruce litter, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; Loch Lomond, 21-IX-2011, spruce-aspen litter, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female; Lodgepole Trail, 24-IX-2014, decaying mushrooms, D. Larson (DLC) 1 female. |
| References | Klimaszewski et al. 2015b[1] |
Natural history
In SK, specimens were captured from May through September from willow-aspen litter, hawthorn litter near creek, wet grass and weed clippings, moist spruce litter near stream, spruce litter, spruce-aspen litter, and in decaying mushrooms. In NB, adults were found in sphagnum moss and litter in calcareous eastern white cedar fens and in a black spruce forest (Klimaszewski et al. 2015b[1]). One individual was collected from mouldy conifer duff at the base of a large pine in a mixed forest (Klimaszewski et al. 2015b[1]). Adults were found in April and May in New Brunswick, and June to August elsewhere. This species often seems to be associated with moist sphagnum moss (Klimaszewski et al. 2015b[1]).
Comments
Males of this species can be mixed up with those of Mocyta breviuscula and positive identification may only be possible with female association as Mocyta are definitively identified by the shape of the spermatheca.
Taxon Treatment
- Klimaszewski, J; Larson, D; Labrecque, M; Bourdon, C; 2016: Twelve new species and fifty-three new provincial distribution records of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Saskatchewan, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) ZooKeys, (610): 45-112. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Bourdon C, Pelletier G, Godin B, Langor D (2015b) Review of Canadian species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the description of a new species and a new synonymy. ZooKeys 487: 111–139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.487.9151
