Hesperus apicialis (Say, 1830)**

Webster, Reginald P., Smetana, Ales, Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 293-348 : 320

Hesperus apicialis (Say, 1830)** Map 40

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, 24.IV.-5.V.2009, red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♂, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 29.VI-7.VII.2011, 7-13.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (2, NBM, RWC). Sunbury Co., Noonan, 45.9923°N, 66.4099°W, 2.VI.2007, S. Makepeace & R. Webster, coll., nest contents (damp organic material with small bones) of barred owl from tree hole 7 m high in red maple, (1 ♀, RWC); Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 9-16.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest (100 years old) with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Hesperus apicialis is associated with old trees, occurring under bark and in wood and debris of old, fallen, deciduous and coniferous trees and in tree holes ( Smetana 1995). In New Brunswick, one adult was collected from the nest contents of a barred owl nesting in a tree hole. Other adults were collected from Lindgren funnel traps in red oak and red spruce forests. Two adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in the forest canopy. Adults were collected in April, May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Smetana 1995).

Figures

Map 40. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Hesperus apicialis.