Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis Klimaszewski & Godin, 2012

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, Bourdon, Caroline, Sweeney, Jon D., Hughes, Cory C. & Labrecque, Myriam, 2016, Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species, ZooKeys 573, pp. 85-216 : 99

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis Klimaszewski & Godin, 2012 Figs 68-75

Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis (For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2012)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 30.IX.2007, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs & cornhusks (1 ♂, RWC).

Natural history.

The only known specimen of Atheta whitehorsensis from NB was collected from a pile of decaying corncobs. In the YT, specimens were sifted from soil in a black spruce stand ( Klimaszewski et al. 2012).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

YT, NB ( Klimaszewski et al. 2012). The specimen from NB represents the first record of this species from eastern Canada, suggesting that Atheta whitehorsensis is transcontinental.