Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block, 1799)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Osorinae, and Oxytelinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 239-262 : 249

Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block, 1799) Map 19

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest (flood plain forest with butternut), under dog scat (1, RWC); same locality and forest type but 20.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, entrance to animal den, in dung (2, RWC). York Co., Douglas, Keswick River at Rt. 105, 45.9922°N, 66.8326W, 9.V.2006, R. P. Webster, upper river margin, in deer dung on sandy soil (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This adventive species occurs in dung, mammal nests, and decomposing fungi ( Herman 2001). In New Brunswick, this species was found under dog scat, in dung in an entrance to an animal den, and under deer dung. Adults were captured during May and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell and Davies 1991; Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b). Distribution is based on Campbell and Davies (1991), Majka and Klimaszewski (2008b) and specimens from ON in the CNC (Anthony Davies, personal communication).