Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Paragoniusa myrmicae Maruyama & Klimaszewski, 2004 Figs 199-205

Paragoniusa myrmicae (For diagnosis, see Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004, 2006)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., ca. 3 km SE of Simpsons Field, 47.5277°N, 66.5142°W, 25.VI-10.VII.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old cedar & spruce forest with Populus balsamifera & Populus tremuloides, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC).

Natural history.

Females of this myrmecophilous species were collected from nests of Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler, the only known host ant species (Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004, 2006). Additional specimens were collected from window traps and a pitfall trap in a burned forest (Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2006, Klimaszewski et al. 2011). The specimen from NB was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old cedar and spruce forest with Populus balsamifera & Populus tremuloides .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, QC, NB, LB (Bousquet et al. 2013).