Playtnus indecentis Liebherr & Will, 1996

Majka, Christopher G., Bousquet, Yves & Westby, Susan, 2007, The ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: review of collecting, new records, and observations on composition, zoogeography, and historical origins, Zootaxa 1590, pp. 1-36 : 11

Playtnus indecentis Liebherr & Will, 1996

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Lake Major , 19.vii.2004, K. Moore, NSNR; Hants Co.: South Maitland, Hayes Cave Reserve, 19.vi.1978, B. Wright, (2, NSMC); Lunenburg Co.: Upper LaHave, 6.vii.1987, A. Larochelle, and M.-C. Larivière, (1, NSMC).

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Liebherr & Will (1996) found it associated with Sphagnum bog habitats. While the precise collection habitat of the specimens from the Hayes Cave Reserve is unknown (wet areas do exists along a stream), there are no Sphagnum bogs in the area, which is characterized by limestone karst geology. In contrast to the flightless and morphologically similar Platynus decentis , P. indecentis is fully macropterous ( Liebherr & Will 1996).