Mniusa minutissima (Klimaszewski & Langor, 2011)

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 : 178-179

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Mniusa minutissima (Klimaszewski & Langor, 2011) Figs 443-449

Mniusa minutissima (For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2011)

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick record, York Co., Canterbury, Eel River P.N.A., 45.8967°N, 67.6343°W, 21.V-2.VI.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old-growth eastern white cedar swamp & fen, Lindgren funnel trap (1 ♂, RWC).

Natural history.

The original specimens of Mniusa minutissima from NB were found by sifting moss near a brook and sifting deep conifer litter at the base of a large red spruce in a mature red spruce forest ( Klimaszewski et al. 2014). Previous records of this species captured from Lindgren funnel traps in a rich Appalachian hardwood forest reported by Klimaszewski et al. (2014) were Mniusa odelli (see below). An additional record of Phloeopora minutissima from NB is reported here from a Lindgren funnel trap in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp and fen.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB, NF ( Klimaszewski et al. 2014).