Boreophilia nomensis
- 1. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, Canada; V 8 Z 1 M 5 (emeritus). https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 3722 - 3662
- 2. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Spaulding Hall, 38 Academic Way, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 03824 (emeritus). https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 4093 - 2104
- 3. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K 1 A 0 C 6. https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0007 - 9506 - 9017
- 4. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P. E. P. S., P. O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec G 1 V 4 C 7, Canada. https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0001 - 9009 - 2994
Description
74. Boreophilia nomensis (Casey)
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2021), Table 1
References. Casey 1910. Lohse et al. 1990. Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski et al. 2016b, 2019, 2020, 2021.
Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: BC, YT. USA: AK, NH (NSR).
Collection and Habitat data. In NH found at high elevations in willow litter, and in dwarf Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter. Collected in August/September. In AK found in alpine tundra, and under rocks near snow fields. In Canada found in spruce and aspen forests with horsetail/shrub/grass undergrowth, and under rocks near snowfields (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 7.VIII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift willow litter, 1 male. Mt. Washington above tree line, 5200–5700’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter (CNC), 1 male.
Comments. This record represents a disjunct extension in the distribution of this species, which is possibly a relict from the time of the last glaciation.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Boreophilia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Casey
- Species
- nomensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Boreophilia nomensis (Casey, 1910) sec. Klimaszewski, Chandler, Davies & Bourdon, 2023
References
- Klimaszewski, J., Brunke, A. J., Sikes D. S., Pentinsaari, M., Godin, B., Webster, R. P., Davies, A., Bourdon, C. & Newton, A. F. (2021) A faunal review of aleocharine rove beetles in the rapidly changing Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Springer, Cham, XIV + 712 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 030 - 68191 - 3
- Casey, T. L. (1910) New species of the staphylinid tribe Myrmedoniini. In: Memoirs on the Coleoptera. I. New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pp. 1 - 183.
- Lohse, G. A., Klimaszewski, J. & Smetana, A. (1990) Revision of arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 44 (2), 121 - 202.
- Gusarov, V. I. (2003) Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes. Zootaxa, 353 (1), 1 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 353.1.1
- Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R. P., Langor, D., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C., Godin, B. & Ernst, C. (2016 b) A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genus Liogluta Thomson, and descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Webster, R. P., Bouchard, P. & Klimaszewski, J. (Eds.), The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. Zookeys, 573 (Special Issue), pp. 217 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 573.7878