Ochthephilus planus (LeConte, 1861)

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 54

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Ochthephilus planus (LeConte, 1861)

Additional records.

New Brunswick, Madawaska Co., Gagné Brook at First Lake, 47.6077°N, 68.2534°W, 23.VI.2010, M. Turgeon & R. Webster // northern hardwood forest, shaded brook, among gravel on gravel bar, splashing and turning gravel (1 ♂, HNHM; 1 ♂, RWC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A. 47.8010°N, 66.0963°W, 15.VI.2009, R. P. Webster // Cold shaded brook, under cobblestone near brook margin (1 sex undetermined, RWC); Mount Atkinson, 447 m elev., 47.8192°N, 68.2618°W, 21.VII.2010, R.P. Webster // Boreal forest, small shaded spring-fed brook with mossy margin, sifting saturated moss (3 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YT, BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NF ( Bousquet et al. 2013, Makranczy 2014). Makranczy (2014) first recorded this species from NB on the basis of the Gagné Brook record.

Natural history.

Adults of Ochthephilus planus were found along cold-shaded brooks in northern hardwood, mixed, and boreal forests in NB. Specimens were found in gravel, under cobblestones, and in saturated moss. Adults were collected in June and July.