Hypnogyra gularis (LeConte, 1880)**

Webster, Reginald P., Smetana, Ales, Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 293-348 : 298

Hypnogyra gularis (LeConte, 1880)** Map 4

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 18.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, under bark of large dead basswood covered with polypore fungi (1, RWC); same locality and habitat, 20-26.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Rees, near Grand Lake, 46.0016°N, 65.9466°W, 29.V.2007, S. Makepeace & R. P. Webster, nest box contents of barred owl (1, RWC); Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 5-12 V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Little is known about the habitat assciations of members of this genus, especially in North America ( Smetana 1982). Species from the Palaearctic have been collected from hollows of trees and stumps and in litter at bases of dead trees; some species occur regularly in bird nests in hollow trees and are often observed among ants ( Smetana 1982). In New Brunswick, one specimen was collected from the nest contents of a barred owl ( Strix varia Barton), one from under the bark of a large, dead, fungus-covered basswood ( Tilia americana L.) log, and another from a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in mature (old) red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest. One specimen was collected in association with an ant, Formica subsericea Say, in Iowa City, Iowa ( Smetana 1982). Adults were collected during May and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB ( Smetana 1988).

Figures

Map 4. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Hypnogyra gularis.