Mycetoporus americanus Erichson, 1839**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 55-82 : 73

Mycetoporus americanus Erichson, 1839** Map 24

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Berry Brook P.N.A., 47.8140°N, 66.7578°W, 26.V.2007, R. P. Webster, old growth eastern white cedar swamp, in moss on hummock at base of tree (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Campbell reported that most adults of this species were collected along stream and lake margins. In Alberta, this species was associated with mature forests ( Pohl et al. (2007). The New Brunswick specimen was collected from moss on a hummock at the base of a tree in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp during May.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YT, AB, BC, SK, ON, QC, NB, LB, NF ( Campbell 1991).