A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and Atheta
Thomson,subgenus
Microdota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera,Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) |
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Authors: | Jan Klimaszewski Reginald P Webster Derek Sikes Caroline Bourdon Myriam Labrecque |
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Institution: | 1.Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7;2.24 Mill Stream Drive, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada E3C 1X1;3.University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, 99775-6960 |
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Abstract: | This paper treats 13 species of the subgenus Microdota Mulsant & Rey of Atheta Thomson and 3 species of the genus Clusiota Casey in Canada and Alaska. We report here 4 species new to science, and 3 new provincial records. The following species are new to science: Atheta (Microdota) curtipenis Klimaszewski & Webster, sp. n., Atheta (Microdota) formicaensis Klimaszewski & Webster, sp. n., Atheta (Microdota) macesi Klimaszewski & Webster, sp. n., and Clusiota
grandipenis Klimaszewski & Webster, sp. n. The new provincial records are: Atheta (Microdota) pseudosubtilis Klimaszewski & Langor, new to AB, and Atheta (Microdota) subtilis (Scriba), an adventive Palaearctic species new to North America, first reported in LB and NB. The two Clusiota Casey species are reviewed, and their distribution is revised. A female Clusiota
impressicollis was discovered in Ontario and is illustrated here for the first time. A key to all Canadian species of the subgenus Microdota and genus Clusiota are provided. Atheta (Microdota) holmbergi Bernhauer and Atheta (Microdota) alesi Klimaszewski & Brunke are transferred here to the subgenus Dimetrota Mulsant & Rey. |
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Keywords: | Alaska Canada Coleoptera" target="_blank">Coleoptera Staphylinidae" target="_blank">Staphylinidae Aleocharinae" target="_blank">Aleocharinae Clusiota" target="_blank">Clusiota Microdota" target="_blank">Microdota new records adventive species |
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