Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792)*

Bedard, Nicolas, Brunke, Adam, Bloin, Pierrick & Leclerc, Ludovic, 2024, New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 303-329 : 303

Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792)*

Note.

See Assing (1995, 2008) and Brunke and Marshall (2011) for identification and illustrations. As in Scopaeus minutus , no voucher data were provided with the first Quebec record ( Campbell and Davies 1991). The species was recorded for the first time in North America by Hoebeke (1991), and Brunke and Marshall (2011) added records for Ontario. We here provide supporting data for Quebec, including those for the original record, and the oldest available Canadian records for the species thus far. The species has occurred in North America since at least 1924 ( Hoebeke 1991).

Specimen data.

Canada: ONTARIO - Ottawa Reg., Kinburn, 10.X.1967, J.M. Campbell & A. Smetana, ex. nest of Microtus pennsylvanicus (1, CNC); Ottawa [ Shirley’s Bay], 2.V.1979, A. & Z. Smetana (2, CNC); Fitzroy Provincial Park, 2-3.V.1979, A.&Z. Smetana (1, CNC); Kanata, 25.IV.1969, A. Smetana (1, CNC); Ottawa, 12.IV.1959, J.E.H. Martin (2, CNC). - Toronto Reg., Toronto [Islington], 24.VIII.1990, S. Snäll (1, CNC); Toronto, 12.IX.1990, S. Snäll, lakeshore (1, CNC). QUEBEC - Parc de la Gatineau, King Mountain, 20.IV.1968, A. Smetana (1, CNC). - MRC de-la-Vallée-du-Richelieu, Carignan (45.475882, -73.274623), 6.V.2022, N. Bédard, Sifting grass pile near an urban forest (3, NBC). - MRC de l’Île-d’Orléans, Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans (46.8813, -71.0551), 10.IX.2022, L. Leclerc, sifted from Populus and Betula leaf litter (1, LLC). - MRC des Jardins-de-Napierville, Sainte-Clothilde [ Piège #1 carrottes] 17.VI.1985, Guy Boivin (1, CNC). - Ville de Québec, Sainte-Foy (46.7923, -71.2803), sifted from Robinia pseudoacacia leaf litter (2, LLC); Cité-Universitaire (46.7863, -71.2686), 26.IV.2023, L. Leclerc, sifted from wood chips (2, PBC).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC ( Bousquet et al. 2013) - Supporting data for Quebec.

Subfamily Oxyporinae