Phacophallus pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858)*

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Phacophallus pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858)*

Fig. 11

Note.

See Smetana (1982) for identification. This Oriental species is adventive in Europe, North America, Africa and the Australian region, and was initially identified in North America in 1904 along the western coast. Since then, it has been observed in various locations across the continent. The first detection in the eastern part of North America was in New York in 1931 ( Smetana 1982). The records given below represent its first detection in Canada and are the northernmost known. It is generally a species that is more commonly found in warmer and southern regions of North America ( Smetana 1982). It was previously reported as Phacophallus tricolor in most recent works (including Smetana 1982), but was synonymized with Phacophallus pallidipennis by Bordoni (2002).

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - MRC de Marguerite-D’Youville, Varennes, C. Chantal, 8.IX.2020 (1), 11.IX.2020 (2), 17.X.2020 (2), 23.X.2020 (4), 17.VIII.2021 (2), sifting dead grass (13, CCC). - Ville de Québec, Cité-Universitaire (46.7861, -71.2687), 23.X.2022, L. Leclerc, white tulle fabric interception trap (2, LLC); same locality except 26.X.2022, N. Bédard, sifting decomposing wood chips (1, NBC); same locality and method except 28.X.2022 (3, PBC).

Distribution in Canada.

QC. - New to Quebec and Canada.

Figures

Figures 10, 11. Habitus of 10 Gauropterus fulgidus (Fabricius, 1787) 11 Phacophallus pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858).