Aleochara (Xenochara) lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802

Webster, Reginald, Klimaszewski, Jan, Pelletier, Georges & Savard, Karine, 2009, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada. I. Aleocharinae, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 171-248 : 180-184

Aleochara (Xenochara) lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802

Fig 6, Map 6

New Records. New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., Burnt Church near Burnt Church River, 47.2075°N, 65.1471°W, 7.VIII.2005 (3 Ƌ, 2 sex undetermined, NBM, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 14.V.2005 (1 ♀, RWC).

Bionomic Notes. This species was collected from cow dung, and compost (decaying vegetables). Adults were collected in May and August. Collection method: sifting.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NF ( Klimaszewski 1984; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).

Tribe Hoplandriini Fenyes, 1920

Hoplandria (s. str.) lateralis ( Melsheimer, 1844)

Fig 7, Map 7

New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake near Youngs Cove, 45.9636°N, 65.9979°W, 4.VIII.2005 (1 ♁, RWC).

Bionomic Notes. This species was collected from under a cobblestone along a lake margin with a cobblestone beach. Collection method: hand collecting (turning over cobblestones).

Map 6. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Aleochara lanuginosa .

Map 7. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Hoplandria lateralis .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, QC, NB ( Génier 1989; Hanley 2003;

Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007).

Tribe Oxypodini Thomson, 1859

Amarochara formicina Assing, 2007

Figs 8, 58–60, Map 8

Additional Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement , 45.8446°N, 66.7262°W, 4.VI.2005 (2 ♁, 1 ♀, RWC) ; Charters Settlement , 45.8286°N, 66.7365°W, 23.V.2005, 3.V.2006, 15.IX.2006 (2 ♁, 4 sex undetermined, RWC) ; 14 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6862°N, 66.8651°W, 9.V.2007 (1 ♁, NBM) .

Bionomic Notes. Adults were collected from the nests of a black Formica species of mound building ant. Some adults were collected by sifting soil from the top layer of the nest, including the holotype and paratypes ( Assing 2007). However, the most efficient method for collecting adults of this species was to place small boards on the ant nests and examine the underside of the boards on subsequent days. Adults would be found resting on the underside of the boards. Adults were collected during April, May and September. Th is species probably overwinters in the adult stage. Collection method: sifting top layer of a nest, examining underside of boards placed on a nest.

Map 8. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Amarochara formicina .

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Figures 7–Į2. 7 Hoplandria lateralis 8 Amarochara formicina 9 A. inquilina Į0 Calodera parviceps ĮĮ Crataraea suturalis Į2 Devia prospera [8, 11, apical part of abdomen removed]. Scale = 1 mm

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. NB ( Assing 2007). Additional specimens were collected from ants at other sites near the type locality and near Tracy, New Brunswick. Th is species may be more widespread than the records indicate.

Comments. The female of A. formicina was unknown at the time of the description ( Assing 2007) and the female spermatheca, tergite and sternite 8 are illustrated for the first time in Figures 58–60. Externally the female is identical to the male. The spermatheca of A. formicina is similar in shape to that of A. inquilina , but is significantly larger.