Corresponding author: Jan Klimaszewski (
Academic editor: V. Assing
A new species,
Klimaszewski J, Langor DW, Hammond HEJ, Bourdon C (2016) A new species of
A survey of beetles from several localities, mainly in the Athabasca region of Alberta, was conducted in 1997 by J. Hammond and D. Langor of the Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre. As a result, 33 species of rove beetles were identified. Of these, 29 belong to aleocharines and 5 to other families of
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7 adventive and 4 Holarctic species |
These findings are reported together with an updated checklist of all species from the province (Table
All specimens in this study were dissected to examine the genital structures. Extracted genital structures were dehydrated in absolute alcohol, mounted in Canada balsam on celluloid micro-slides, and pinned with the specimens from where they originated. Images of the entire body and the genital structures were taken using an image processing system (Nikon SMZ 1500 stereoscopic microscope; Nikon Digital Camera DXM 1200F, and Adobe Photoshop software).
Morphological terminology mainly follows that used by
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, R. Martineau Insectarium, Québec, Canada
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Arthropod Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
– Alberta
– British Columbia
– Labrador
– Manitoba
– New Brunswick
– Newfoundland
– Nova Scotia
– Northwest Territories
– Nunavut
– Ontario
– Prince Edward Island
– Quebec
– Saskatchewan
– Yukon Territory
A new study of aleocharine rove beetles from Alberta revealed one subcortical species new to science, and eight other species representing new provincial records, including one new to Canada. A checklist of aleocharine species from Alberta, including present data, indicates 96 species classified in nine tribes. Of these, 78 are considered to be native species, six Holarctic and 12 adventive (Table
This species may be distinguished from other Nearctic
Origin | Nearctic |
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Very little is known about the life history of this species. Adults in Newfoundland were captured in pitfall traps on a coastal limestone barren and in riparian forest (
This species is likely continuously distributed in northern boreal forest of Canada.
This species may be distinguished from other Nearctic
This species may be confused with
Origin | Nearctic |
Distribution | Canada: |
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In Newfoundland, adults were collected from June to August using carrion-baited pitfall traps and flight intercept traps in mixedwood and coniferous forest types and on coastal barrens (
The Alberta female was captured in July in a window-trap attached to the trunk of an aspen snag in a two-year-old harvested boreal aspen stand.
This species is broadly distributed in Canada and the USA.
This is a sibling species of
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In New Brunswick, adults of this species were found in mature mixed forest, old-growth and old white spruce and balsam fir forests, a mature red spruce forest, and in a wet alder swamp (
This species is very likely broadly distributed in Canada and the northern USA, but the existing records for
This species may be distinguished from other Canadian
Origin | Nearctic |
Distribution | Canada: |
New records | New country and provincial record: |
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In Alberta, adults were caught in window traps attached to aspen snags in a boreal aspen stand harvested two years previously, and in pitfall traps deployed in canola fields. Adults were collected in July.
It is the first record of this species in Canada, and its broader distribution in Canada is unknown. It is probably continuously distributed in the Rocky Mountains, from Arizona in the south to Canada in the north.
This species is distinguishable by its small body that is compact and narrowly oval in outline (Fig.
Origin | Nearctic |
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In New Brunswick, specimens of
This species is probably continuously distributed from New Brunswick to Alberta and likely extends further to Alaska.
(male).
Body length 2.5–2.7 mm; narrow and flat (Fig.
This species is readily distinguishable from
Known only from Alberta, Canada.
This species was captured in June and July in Alberta. This is a subcortical species whose life history remains unknown. It is most likely associated with galleries of wood boring insects.
This species is easily distinguishable from other
Origin | Nearctic |
Distribution | Canada: |
New records | New provincial record: |
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Very little is known about the life history of this species. The Alberta specimen was captured in a window trap attached to aspen snag in a forest that burned 15 years previously. Adults were collected in Alberta in August and elsewhere in June and August (
This species is probably continuously distributed from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to the eastern Rocky Mountains.
This species is easily distinguishable from other Nearctic
Origin | Nearctic |
Distribution | Canada: |
New records | New provincial record: |
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Very little is known about the life history of this species. Adults in Quebec were captured in coniferous forests and mainly trapped in Lingren funnel traps (
This species is likely continuously distributed from Nova Scotia to British Columbia in northern boreal forest.
This species is distinguishable by length 3.2–3.4 mm, body narrowly oval, dark brown except for paler antennae, tarsi, and posterior part of elytra near suture (Fig.
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All New Brunswick specimens of
This species is most likely continuously distributed from New Brunswick to Alberta.
We thank Pamela Cheers, English Editor (