Adventive species of Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in North America: a survey and new Canadian record

Majka, Christopher G.; Michaud, Jean-Philippe; Moreau, Gaétan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.207

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“…However, new records for three staphilinids illustrate considerable species range extensions. Aleochara sekanai (Staphylinidae) was only previously known from northern regions from Alaska to northern Ontario [39]; the only Canadian record of P. hepaticus (Staphylinidae) was a specimen collected in Vancouver, British Columbia, a species otherwise known from southern Mexico north to central Massachusetts [40]; finally, our record of Q. cinctus (Staphylinidae) represents the first official Canadian record for the species [41]. The former two species illustrate how areas in temperate regions such as New Brunswick can be zoogeographic transition zones where species that have arctic and neotropical distributions can be found together at the extremes of their respective ranges.…”

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Natural and anthropogenic changes in the insect fauna associated with carcasses in the North American Maritime lowlands

Michaud

Majka

Privé

et al. 2010

Forensic Science International

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The insect pool available for carrion visitation and colonisation varies with geographical areas, hence the need to build a comprehensive database wherever such data could be used in forensic investigations. However, most of the geographic records on carrion-related insects are from short-term seasonal studies. Here, we provide the year-round taxonomic composition for the dominant ecosystem of the Maritime lowland ecological region that borders the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and we examine how this composition is subjected to natural (seasonal) as well as anthropogenic changes. Fresh pig carcasses, used here as human surrogates, were exposed recurrently throughout the whole annual period when carrion-related insects are active in forests and adjacent areas subjected to human-induced land cover changes from agricultural practices. A total of 130 necrophageous and predacious insect species representing 2 orders, 18 families and 75 genera were recovered from carcasses. Abundant fly species were able to visit and/or colonise carcasses exposed in both forests and agricultural fields but the species involved varied throughout the year. Conversely, the complex of abundant coleopterans found on carcasses remained stable throughout the year but differed between forests and agricultural fields. Considering the seasonal and anthropogenic changes that were observed in the complex of carrion-related insects, we stressed that inference on the taxonomic composition in relation to minimum postmortem interval should be restricted to a specific habitat and time of the year. These results also have methodological implications, suggesting that the experimental designs of forensic studies in temperate areas require adjustments to permit robust estimations of minimum postmortem intervals from the insect fauna associated with carcasses.

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Natural and anthropogenic changes in the insect fauna associated with carcasses in the North American Maritime lowlands

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New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Bédard,

Brunke,

Bloin

et al. 2024

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We newly report 25 provincial records of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the province of Quebec from the following subfamilies: Steninae (1), Euaesthetinae (1), Omaliinae (2), Oxyporinae (1), Paederinae (1), Proteininae (1), Pselaphinae (2), Scaphidiinae (2), Scydmaeninae (2), Staphylininae (11) and Tachyporinae (1). Among these, two species are also reported for the first time from Ontario, two from Nova Scotia, and five are new Canadian records. We also report the first supporting data for Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792) and Scopaeus minutus Erichson, 1840 for Quebec, and of Arpedium schwarzi Fauvel, 1878, Phyllodrepa punctiventris (Fauvel, 1878), and Sepedophilus basalis (Erichson, 1839) for Ontario. Specimen data and diagnoses are provided for each species, as well as references for identification where available.

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History of Coleoptera collecting in New Brunswick, Canada: advancing our knowledge of the Coleoptera fauna in the early 21st century

Webster¹,

Bouchard²,

Klimaszewski³

et al. 2016

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Adventive species of Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in North America: a survey and new Canadian record

Abstract: Th e adventive rove beetle, Quedius cinctus (Paykull) is recorded for the fi rst time in Canada. Th is discovery provides an opportunity to briefl y survey the distribution and early dates of detection of the seven adventive species in the genus Quedius Stephens in North America.

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Natural and anthropogenic changes in the insect fauna associated with carcasses in the North American Maritime lowlands

Natural and anthropogenic changes in the insect fauna associated with carcasses in the North American Maritime lowlands

New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

History of Coleoptera collecting in New Brunswick, Canada: advancing our knowledge of the Coleoptera fauna in the early 21st century

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