Epuraea rufa (Say, 1825)

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 345-346

Epuraea rufa (Say, 1825)

Queens Co.: Scotchtown near Indian Point , 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 5.VI.2004, R.P. Webster, margin of lake, under drift material, (2, NBM, RWC) ; same locality, 19.IX.2006, oak forest near lake, in decaying polypore fungi, (1, NBM) ; Saint John Co.: Saint John , VII. 1900-07, W. McIntosh, (1, NBM) ; Sunbury Co.: near Sunpoke Lake , 45.7658°N, 66.5546°W, 27.VII.2007, R.P. Webster, oak forest, m. v. light , (7, NBM, RWC) ; Maugerville: Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area , 45.8992°N, 66.4248°W, 7.V.2004, 27.V.2004, silver maple forest, in moist leaves on margin of vernal pond (12, RWC, NBM) ; same locality, 18.VI.2004, 17.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, silver maple forest, UVlight, (4, RWC) ; Acadia Research Forest , 45.9816°N, 66.3374°W, 18.VI.2007, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, sifting leaf litter, (2, NBM, RWC) ; Lakeville Corner , 45.9013°N, 66.2565°W, 27.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, silver maple forest, on corncobs, (2, NBM) ; York Co.: Charters Settlement , 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 28.VI.2005, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, m. v. light , (1, NBM) ; Douglas, Keswick R. at Rt. 105, 45.9943°N, 66.8337°W, 18.VI.2004, R.P. Webster, silver maple forest, under debris near margin of small pool, (2, RWC) ; Fredericton, Saint John River , 4.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, margin of river, drift material, (2, RWC) .

Epuraea rufa has been recorded in Canada from Ontario and Québec ( McNamara 1991), and in the United States from New Hampshire south to Georgia, west to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and in Washington and Oregon ( Parsons 1943; Kirejtshuk and Pakaluk 1996; Chandler 2001). The species is found in leaf litter, at sap, in fungi, on tree bark, and on driftwood and was also reared from fallen seeds of sugar maple ( Acer saccharum Marsh. , Aceraceae ) ( Parsons 1943; Price and Young 2006).