Atheta (Alaobia) ventricosa Bernhauer, 1907

CANADA: ALBERTA: 8 km southeast of Sherwood Park, NE 7 Twp., 53°31’N, 113°19’W, 31.VIII.2003, J. Klimaszewski, aspen forest, (3m, LFC; 1f, LFC; 6 LFC) . NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Moser Lake, 2-15.VI.1987, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Kings Co.: Blomidon Provincial Park, 12.X.1988, B. Wright, (1, NSMC) .

Atheta ventricosa is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Alberta. It has been found in coniferous forests and in forest litter in mixed forests (Gusarov 2003a).