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Devia prospera

  • 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

Devia prospera (Erichson, 1839)

Fig 12, Map 12

New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Queens Co., West of Jemseg near “Trout Creek”, 45.8240°N, 66.1220°W, 26.IV.2004, 9.V.2004, 4.VI.2004 (4 ♁, 2 ♀, 6 sex undetermined, NBM, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8341°N, 66.7445°W, 22.IV.2005, 5.V.2008 (1 ♁, 2 sex undetermined, RWC); W of Canterbury near “ Browns Mt. Fen”, 45.9033°N, 67.6260°W, 2.V.2005, M.-A. Giguère and R.P. Webster (1 ♁, RWC); Upper Brockway, 45.5703°N, 67.0990°W, 23.IV.2006 (1 ♁, NBM).

Bionomic Notes. Most adults of this species were found in leaf litter on the margins of vernal ponds in silver maple swamps, and mixed forests. In Labrador, this species was collected from willow humus and moss under willows (Salix species) (Gusarov 2003). Adults were collected in April, May, and June. Collection method: sifting.

Map Į2. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Devia prospera.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. AK, YT, NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, NB, NF & LB (Gusarov 2003, Klimaszewski et al. 2006; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007; Klimaszewski et al. 2008a)

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 187-188, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.152, http://zenodo.org/record/576537

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NBM , NBM, RWC , RWC
Event date
2005-05-02 , 2006-04-23
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Devia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Erichson
Species
prospera
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2005-05-02 , 2006-04-23
Taxonomic concept label
Devia prospera (Erichson, 1839) sec. Webster, Klimaszewski, Pelletier & Savard, 2009

References

  • Erichson WF (1839) Erster Band. Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae. F. H. Morin, Berlin, 400 pp.
  • Gusarov VI (2003) Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes. Zootaxa 353: 1 - 134.
  • Gouix N, Klimaszewski J (2007) Catalogue of Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 165 pp.
  • Klimaszewski J, Godin B, Pelletier G, Savard K (2008 a) Six new species and records of aleocharine beetles from the Yukon and Alaska (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). The Canadian Entomologist 140: 265 - 291.