Dalmosella tenuis Casey, 1897***

Webster, Reginald P., Chandler, Donald S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Pselaphinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 31-53 : 38

Dalmosella tenuis Casey, 1897*** Map 8

Material examined.

CANADA, New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 29.VI-16.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 18-25.VI.2009, 14-19.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC): same locality data and forest type, 7-13.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 21-28.VI.2009, 4-11.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); same locality and forest type, 30.VI-13.VII.2010, R. Webster & K. Burgess, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Chandler (1990) reported that this species had been taken from various rotten woods and from tree holes. Specimens from New Brunswick were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old-growth eastern white cedar forest, old red oak forest, and an old red pine forest. Adults were captured during June and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB (new Canadian record). Chandler (1997) reported this species from Louisiana east to Florida and north to Maine in the United States.