Homaeotarsus (Hesperobium) cinctus (Say, 1830)

Webster, Reginald P. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Paederinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 273-292 : 284-285

Homaeotarsus (Hesperobium) cinctus (Say, 1830) Map 17

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., "Two Mile Brook Fen", 46.3619°N, 67.6730°W, 6.V.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, calcareous cedar fen, open area with sedges, in sphagnum hummock (3, RWC). Charlotte Co., near New River, 45.1616°N, 66.6649°W, 7.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest in sedge marsh, treading sedges (1, NBM). Madawaska Co., Loon Lake, 236 m elev., 47.7839°N, 68.3943°W, 21.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, boreal forest, small lake surrounded by sedges, treading sedges and grasses into water (1, NBM). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8207°N, 65.9955°W, 12.VIII.2010, R. P. Webster, black spruce bog, treading vegetation ( Carex & sphagnum) (1, NBM). Saint John Co., Chance Harbour off Rt. 790, 45.1374°N, 66.3633°W, 25.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, saturated green sphagnum mat, treading (1, NBM). York Co., Canterbury, Browns Mountain Fen, 45.8967°N, 67.6344°W, 21.VII.2004, D. Sabine, R. Webster, & J. Edsall, calcareous cedar fen, in moss and sphagnum among scattered sedges (1, RWC); same locality and habitat data, 2.V.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, open area with sedges, in sphagnum hummock (3, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8267°N, 66.7343°W, 14.V.2005, 23.V.2005, R. P. Webster, margin of Carex marsh/fen, in sphagnum and leaf litter at base of tree (1 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC); Upper Brockway, 45.5684°N, 67.0993°W, 23.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, forested black spruce bog, in sphagnum (1, NBM); Magundy, 45.8491°N, 67.1573°W, 8.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, kettle hole bog, treading bog margin (1, NBM).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, Homaeotarsus cinctus was found in Carex marshes, open calcareous cedar fens, a forested black spruce ( Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) bog, and in a kettle hole bog with a floating bog mat. Adults were found in wet to saturated sphagnum with scattered sedges often in a floating mat, among emergent sedges and grasses, and in sphagnum hummocks. Adults were collected by treading these microhabitats. Some adults were sifted from sphagnum and leaf litter at bases of trees on a Carex marsh margin. This species was collected during April, May, June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell and Davies 1991).