Proteinus parvulus LeConte, 1863

Note.

See Webster et al. (2016) for illustrations and identification. The species was described by LeConte (1863) from "Lake Superior". This was later corroborated by records from Ontario by Hubbard et al. (1878). More recently, Webster et al. (2016) have extended its known range by recording it from six Canadian provinces (see below). Although recognized as a transcontinental species in Canada, the distribution appeared disjunct as there have been no published records of its presence in Quebec until now. We here support this distribution with the first vouchers of the species from Quebec.

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - MRC La Jacques-Cartier, Lac-Croche (47,389896, -71,811252), 8-22.VII.2020, Christian Hébert (Canadian Forest Service), pitfall trap, projet d’aire protégée Ya’nienhonhndeh [2020-3-8822], (1, LFC); same information but (47,419579, -71,801022), 22.VII-6.VIII.2020, [2020-3-9022], (1, LFC); same information but (47,403227, -71,796046) [2020-3-8891], (1, LFC); same information but (47,259286, -71,659231), multi-directional impact trap [2020-3-8943], (1, LFC); same information but (47,371618, -71,782273) multi-directional impact trap [2020-3-8943], (2, LFC).

Distribution in Canada.

YT, BC, AB, SK, MBON, QC, NB (Webster et al. 2016) - New to Quebec.

Subfamily Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802