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Amarochara inquilina

  • 1. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada
  • 2. Natural Resources Canada, Québec, Canada
  • 3. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec ,, Canada

Description

Amarochara inquilina (Casey, 1906)

Fig 9, Map 9

Additional Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Portobello Creek NWA, 45.9031°N, 66.4268°W, 11.IX.2006 (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 27.IV.2006, 19.V.2006 (3 ♀, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8286°N, 66.7395°W, 3.V.2006 (1 ♁, RWC).

Bionomic Notes. Adults were collected from the nests of a black Formica species of mound building ant. Some adults were collected by sifting soil from the top layer of the nest, including those reported in Assing (2007). However, the most efficient method for collecting adults was to place small boards on the ant nests and examine the un-

Map 9. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Amarochara inquilina.

derside of the boards on subsequent days. Adults of this species or A. formicina would often be found resting on the underside of the boards. Interestingly, A. inquilina was rarely found in Formica nests together with A. formicina. Adults were collected during April, May and September. Th is species probably overwinters in the adult stage. Collection method: sifting top layer of a nest, examining underside of boards placed on a nest.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. NB (Assing 2007).

Notes

Published as part of Webster, Reginald, Klimaszewski, Jan, Pelletier, Georges & Savard, Karine, 2009, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada. I. Aleocharinae, pp. 171-248 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on pages 184-185, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.152, http://zenodo.org/record/576537

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Biodiversity

Collection code
RWC
Event date
2006-05-03 , 2006-09-11
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Amarochara
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Casey
Species
inquilina
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2006-05-03 , 2006-09-11
Taxonomic concept label
Amarochara inquilina (Casey, 1906) sec. Webster, Klimaszewski, Pelletier & Savard, 2009

References

  • Casey TL (1906) Observations of the staphylinid groups Aleocharinae and Xantholinini, chiefly of America. Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis 16: 125 - 435.
  • Assing V (2007) A revision of Amarochara of the Holarctic region. III. A new species, a new synonym, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 1411: 25 - 32.