Brachycepsis subpunctata (LeConte, 1852)

Webster, Reginald P., Davies, Anthony E., Klimaszewski, Jan & Bourdon, Caroline, 2016, Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 573, pp. 31-83 : 55

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Brachycepsis subpunctata (LeConte, 1852)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 4-12.VI.2008, 12-19.VI.2008, 19-27.VI.2008, 28.VII-6.VIII.2008, R.P. Webster // Rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers, Lindgren funnel trap (9 sex undetermined, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 25.IV-4.V.2009, R.P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère // Old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 sex undetermined, RWC); Canterbury, Eel River P.N.A., 45.8967°N, 67.6343°W, 12-25.VIII.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old-growth eastern white cedar swamp & fen, Lindgren funnel traps (1 sex undetermined, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, LB, NF ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Brachycepsis subpunctata adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in a rich Appalachian hardwood forest, an old red pine forest, and an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp and fen. Specimens were collected in April, May, June, and August in NB.