Atheta (Microdota) platanoffi Brundin, 1948

Majka, Christopher & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2008, New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 85-114 : 99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792890
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/797187DB-FFC5-FF8E-2EE1-1802D310E183
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Atheta (Microdota) platanoffi Brundin, 1948
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CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Creston, near Kootenay Pass , 1500-1800 m, 18.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1m, LFC) ; 20 km northeast of Creston , 14.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, LFC) . NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Bible Hill , 8.VII.2007, C.W. D’Orsay, pasture, (1, CBU) . ONTARIO: Algoma Co.: Michipicoten River ( South of Wawa ), 5.IX.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) ; Wawa , 8.IX.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) ; Nippising Co.: Algonquin Provincial Park near Brent , 20.VIII.1980, 21.VIII.1980, 22.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (3m, MZLU; 7f, MZLU) ; Sudbury Co.: Mattagami , 25.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (3m, MZLU; 2f, MZLU; 2f, LFC) ; 30 km southwest of Foleyet , 29.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) ; 40 km northeast Gogama, Mattagami River , 27.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) .

This Holarctic species is newly recorded in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. In Europe it has been recorded in Finland, Sweden, and northern Russia ( Smetana 2004). It is found in forest litter.