Blepharhymenus brendeli (Casey, 1894)

Webster, Reginald P., Klimaszewski, Jan, Bourdon, Caroline, Sweeney, Jon D., Hughes, Cory C. & Labrecque, Myriam, 2016, Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species, ZooKeys 573, pp. 85-216 : 170-174

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Blepharhymenus brendeli (Casey, 1894) Figs 408-414

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Caledonia Gorge P.N.A., 45.7808°N, 64.7775°W, 4.VII.2011, R.P. Webster // Canada Creek, cold, clear, shaded rocky brook with small waterfalls, sifting saturated moss on rocks near flowing water (1 ♂, 1 sex undetermined, NBM); Caledonia Gorge P.N.A., 45.8432°N, 64.8411°W, 5.VII.2011, R.P. Webster // Turtle Creek, rocky cool water & shaded creek, in saturated moss on rocks (1 sex undetermined, NBM); same locality, collection date and collector but 45.8385°N, 64.8435°W // Old-growth hardwood forest, cold, clear, shaded rocky brook with small waterfalls, sifting saturated moss on rocks near flowing water (1 sex undetermined, NBM); Caledonia Gorge P.N.A., 45.8176°N, 64.7800°W, 6.VII.2011, R.P. Webster // Mature hardwood forest, mossy seepage with Carex , sifting saturated moss and Carex litter (1 sex undetermined, NBM); Caledonia Gorge P.N.A., 45.7706°N, 64.8063°W, 12.IX.2012, R.P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère // McKinely Brook, in leaf litter in areas with Carex along brook (1 sex undetermined, NBM; 1 sex undetermined, RWC); Charlotte Co., 3.0 km NW of Pomeroy Ridge, 45.3059°N, 67.4343°W, 16.VI.2008, R.P. Webster, coll. // Old-growth eastern white cedar swamp, in moss & leaf litter near small vernal pools (1 ♀, LFC; 1 sex undetermined, RWC); ca. 9 km NW of New River, 45.2096°N, 66.6483°W, 13.VI.2008, R.P. Webster, coll. // Alder swamp near large brook, in grass & leaf litter (1 ♂, RWC). Northumberland Co., ca, 2.5 km W of Sevogle, 47.0876°N, 65.8613°W, 14-28.V.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old Pinus banksiana stand, Lindgren funnel trap (1 sex undetermined, AFC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.7146°N, 66.1644°W, 24.VI.2008, R.P. Webster, coll. // Alder swamp adjacent to slow flowing brook, in leaves on muddy soil (1 ♂, 1 sex undetermined, RWC). Saint John Co., ca. 2 km NE of Maces Bay, 45.1151°N, 66.4553°W, 8.V.2006, R.P. Webster, coll. // Eastern white cedar swamp, in sphagnum & litter near brook (1 ♂, LFC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, RWC). York Co., New Maryland, off Hwy 2, E of Baker Brook, 45.8760°N, 66.6252°W, 4.VI.2005, R.P. Webster, coll. // Old-growth cedar swamp in moss & litter (1 ♂, LFC); Charters Settlement, 45.8341°N, 66.7445°W, 22.IV.2005, R.P. Webster, coll. // Mature spruce & cedar forest, seepage area, in saturated sphagnum & leaf litter (1 ♀, RWC); same locality but 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 20.V.2010, R.P. Webster // Alder swamp, small brook, under cobblestones (1 sex undetermined, RWC); Rt. 645 at Beaver Brook, 45.6840°N, 66.8679°W, 3.V.2008, R.P. Webster, coll. // Red maple/alder swamp, in moist leaves near small vernal pools near small stream (1 ♀, RWC); Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 5-19.V.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Mixed forest, Lindgren funnel trap 1 m high under trees (1 sex undetermined, NBM); Kouchibouguac N. P., 10.VII.1977, I. Smith, code 6065G (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); Kouchibouguac N. P., 18.V.1977, S.J. Miller, code 5070Z (1 ♀, CNC). Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Fishing Cove Trail, 21.VI.1984, A. Smetana (3 ♂, 2 ♀, CNC); Cape Breton H.N.P., nr. Mary Ann Falls, 22.VI.1984, A. Smetana (1 ♂, CNC); Cape Breton H.N.P., 12 m, Warren Lake Trail, PG982768, 26.IX.1984, J.M. Campbell & A. Davies, sifting litter and moss (1 ♀, CNC); Halifax, Sackville, No. 181, 20.V.1951, Lindroth (2 ♀, CNC). Ontario, Peterborough Co., Warsaw, 5-8.IX.1974, I.M. Smith (1 ♀, CNC); Whitney, Nipissing Dist., 19.IX.1974, I.M. Smith (2 ♀, CNC); Peterborough Co., Warsaw Caves, Conservation area, 9.VI.1975, I.M. Smith (1 ♀, CNC); Carleton Co., 6 mi W. Richmond, 15.IX.1974, I.M. Smith (1 ♀, CNC); Ottawa River Deschênes Lookout, 1.V.1985, A. Davies, Berlese flood debris (1 ♀, CNC); Nepean NCC Log Farm, 1.XI.1985, A. Davies, ex Salix litter at edge of beaver pond (1 ♀, CNC). Québec, Co. Vaudreuil, Rigaud end Ch. de la Croix, 5.V.1988, 950, A. and Z. Smetana (1 ♀, CNC); same data except 952 (1 ♂, 5 ♀, CNC); Gatineau Pk., Fortune Lk., 28.VIII.1982, Lohse & Campbell (3 ♂, 3 ♀, CNC); Gatineau Pk., Ramsay Lake area, 12.IX.1970, J.M. Campbell (1 ♀, CNC).

Natural history.

In NB, Blepharhymenus brendeli adults were found near shaded brook and stream margins, near vernal pools near brooks, and in mossy seepage areas in hardwood forests, old-growth eastern white cedar forests and swamps, in a mature spruce and cedar forest, and in alder swamps. Specimens were found in saturated moss on rocks near flowing water, in saturated moss and Carex litter in seepages, in leaf litter in areas with Carex near brooks, in moss and litter, and in moss, sphagnum, and leaf litter near brooks in the above habitats. The QC specimens were collected in an oak–beech–maple forest, by sifting deep, moldy leaf litter along bases of large rock blocks, and in a small seepage under a hydro line with large ferns, dogwood and Salix , and by sifting layers of moist dead fern leaves and detritus under ferns. Nothing was previously known about the habitat associations of this species. Adults were collected during April, May, June, July, and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS (New Canadian record).