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Euvira micmac, a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), and first record of the genus in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Jan Klimaszewski  and
Christopher G. Majka
Jan Klimaszewski*
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du PEPS, P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7
Christopher G. Majka
Affiliation:
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: jklimasz@nrcan.gc.ca).
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Abstract

A new aleocharine species, Euvira micmac Klimaszewski and Majka, sp. nov., from Nova Scotia, Canada, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Euvira for Canada. New data on bionomics and distribution are provided, including notes on the red oak gall environment where the species was found. A short diagnosis, description, colour habitus image, and black and white genital images are provided. The lectotype (male) and the paralectotypes (5 females) are designated for E. quadriceps (Casey). Two beetles, Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte (Mycetophagidae) and Melanophthalma americana (Mannerheim) (Latridiidae), found co-inhabiting red oak galls are newly recorded for Atlantic Canada.

Résumé

Une nouvelle espèce d'Aléocharinés, Euvira micmac Klimaszewski et Majka, sp. nov., de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada, est décrite et illustrée. C'est la première mention du genre Euvira pour le Canada. De nouvelles données sur la biologie et la distribution de cette espèce sont fournies, incluant des notes sur l'environnement de la galle du chêne rouge où l'espèce a été récoltée. Une courte diagnose, une description, une photographie de l'habitus de l'espèce et des organes génitaux sont fournies. Le lectotype (male) et les paralectotypes (5 femelles) sont désignés pour E. quadriceps (Casey). Deux coléoptères, Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte (Mycétophagidés) et Melanophthalma americana (Mannerheim) (Latridiidés), récoltés dans les galles du chêne rouge, sont nouvellement mentionnés pour les provinces de l'Atlantique.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 139 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 147 - 153
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2007

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