Tachinus (Tachinus) elongatus Gyllenhal, 1810*

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 : 46

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Tachinus (Tachinus) elongatus Gyllenhal, 1810*

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., ca. 2.5 km W of Sevogle, 47.0879°N, 65.8585°W, 25.VI-9.VII.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old Pinus banksiana forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, LB, NF ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

One individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old jack pine forest. Elsewhere, specimens have been collected from under stones in damp areas, on banks of small streams, in wet moss, from under damp decayed leaves and rubbish, and occasionally in dung and carrion ( Campbell 1973).