Oxytelus sculptus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oxytelus
Name
Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 21.VI.2004, 16.X.2004, 10.VII.2005, 27.VIII.2005, 6.IX.2005, 16.IX.2005, 26.IX.2005, 28.IX.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in compost (decaying vegetables) (1 ♂, 1 ♀, 8 sex undetermined, NBM, RWC); same locality data, forest type, and collector but 29.VI.2005, u.v. light (1 ♂, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
This adventive species occurs in compost and manure of cattle, horses, and poultry. Most adults from New Brunswick were collected from compost (decaying vegetables). One individual was captured at an ultraviolet light. Adults were collected during June, July, August, September, and October.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
BC, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Campbell and Davies 1991[1]; Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b[2]). There are specimens of this species from MB (NIS lot (1994) determined by Anthony Davies (Anthony Davies, personal communication).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Osorinae, and Oxytelinae ZooKeys, 186: 239-262. doi
Other References
- ↑ Campbell J, Davies A (1991) Family Staphylinidae: rove beetles beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed). Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, Publication 1861/E: 86-124.
- ↑ Majka C, Klimaszewski J (2008b) Adventive Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime provinces of Canada: further contributions. ZooKeys 2: 151-174. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.2.5
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