Stenus difficilis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Stenus
Name
Stenus difficilis Casey, 1884 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Dipper Harbour, 45.1169°N, 66.3771°W, 7.VII.2006, R.P. Webster // Margin of salt marsh, in seepage area, treading (2 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.1182°N, 66.3790°W, 28.V.2010 // Upper margin of salt marsh, in grass litter (sifted) in seepage area with Carex & Spartina patens (1 ♂, 2 ♀, RWC).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
AB, SK, ON, QC, NB (Bousquet et al. 2013[1]).
Natural history
In NB, Stenus difficilis was found along the margins of salt marshes. Specimens were collected in grass litter in seepage areas with Carex and Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. (salt-meadow grass) by treading or sifting vegetation. Adults were collected in May and July.
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.
