217. Oxypoda canadensis Klimaszewski

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1

References. Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: BC, AB, LB, MB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, NH.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in the northern/boreal portion of NH from alder and grass litter, birch/fir litter, in litter by stream, and by sifting Alnus and Spirea litter. Collected from May to September. In Canada recorded from mixed woods, deciduous birch-dominated or aspen-dominated forests, deciduous stands with developing white spruce understories, and fir forests; also taken in riparian habitats. Adults found in forest litter, rotting fungi, mosses including Sphagnum spp., rotten logs, in lining of deserted beaver lodge, and in nest of Larus marinus L. (black-backed gull) (Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Hwy 33, Second Connecticut Lake, 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift alder and grass litter, 2 males, 2 females . Norton Pool, 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 9–26.V.1986, 27.V–11.VI.1986, 12–24.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Halfway House, 18.VI.1982, 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch-fir litter, 4 females . Mt. Washington, Auto Road, 3000’, 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter by stream, 1 male . Mt. Washington, Auto Rd. mi 5.3, 4750’, Cragway Spring, 14.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Alnus and Spirea litter (CNC), 5 males, 1 female . White Mts., Glen Boulder Trail, 2500’, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 1 female .