Published September 4, 2008 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Atheta novaescotiae Klimaszewski & Majka 2006

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • 2. Natural Resources Canada, Québec, Canada

Description

Atheta novaescotiae Klimaszewski & Majka, 2006

NEW BRUNSWICK: Albert Co.: Mary’s Point, 12.V.2007, C.G. Majka, seashore, under dead deer, (4, CGMC).

Atheta novaescotiae is newly recorded in New Brunswick. This species was described by Klimaszewski et al. (2006) from specimens collected in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada, and the French territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. This species is associated with beach drift and other decomposing environments at the upper end of the littoral zone in sandy and rocky coastline environments (Klimaszewski et al. 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2008, New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 85-114 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 93, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/576409

Files

Files (967 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:f0908aee48946001c7e26aba51e9e3bc
967 Bytes Download

System files (6.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:c3e591c9277d0efcec0a792b69237484
6.2 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Related works

Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Atheta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Klimaszewski & Majka
Species
novaescotiae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atheta novaescotiae &, 2006 sec. Majka & Klimaszewski, 2008

References

  • Klimaszewski J, Majka, CG, Langor D (2006) Review of the North American Tarphiota Casey, with a description of a new seashore-inhabiting Atheta species exhibiting convergent characteristics (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Entomological Science 9: 67 - 78.