Boreostiba parvipennis
- 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
79. Boreostiba parvipennis (Bernhauer)
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1
References. Bernhauer 1907. Lohse et al. 1990 [as B. hudsonica]. Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski et al. 2008a,b, 2011, 2015a, 2018, 2020, 2021.
Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, ON (NPR), QC, YT. USA: AK, NH.
Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were collected from high elevations of usually 1524–1737m from June to September—most specimens were taken in September. Found in Vaccinium, dwarf Betula, leatherleaf litter near a lake; in Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter; in Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter with moss and grasses; in dwarf Salix litter; and in Alnus and Spirea litter; in litter along stream. In AK found in Salix, Alnus, Populus balsamea litter; litter in forest, mostly spruce, and some aspen; and shrub, alder, dwarf birch, grass, clubmoss, litter In Canada found in tamarack open forest, fir and spruce forests; from detritus on a sandy beach, and on a rotting mushroom (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Monroe, around Lakes of the Clouds, 5000–5100’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, Vaccinium, dwarf Betula, leatherleaf litter near lake (CNC), 2 males, 5 females, 3 sex?; 5000’, 10.IX.1987, A. Smetana (CNC), 1 male, 2 sex? Mt. Washington, above tree line, 5200–5700’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter (CNC), 1 male, 2 females, 4 sex? Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 5300’, 12.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting dwarf Salix litter (CNC), 4 males, 3 females, 16 sex?; sifting dwarf Betula and Salix litter (CNC), 2 males, 2 sex? Mt. Washington above tree line, 5300–5700’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter (CNC), 2 males, 2 females, 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Auto Rd., Mi 5.3, 4750’, Cragway Spring, 14.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Alnus and Spirea litter (CNC), 2 males, 4 sex? Mt. Washington, Crawford Path, 5500’, 10.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter with moss and grasses (CNC), 1 sex? Mt. Washington, 5800–6000’, 10.IX.1987, A. Smetana (CNC) 1 female, 1 sex? Mt. Washington, Lakes of the Clouds, 5000’, 10.IX.1987, A. Smetana (CNC), 1 female, 1 sex? White Mts., Glen Boulder Trail, 2500’, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 1 male. Mt. Washington, Auto Road, 2700’, 7.VIII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter along stream, 1 male. Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 18.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift fir, spruce, & willow litter, 4 males, 1 female; 11.IX.1981, D.S. Chandler, berlese spruce litter, 1 male, 10 females; 7.VIII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift willow litter, 2 males, 1 female. Mt. Washington, Halfway House, 18.VI.1982, 3 males, 5 females; 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch & fir litter, 1 male, 2 females. Canada, Ontario, Algonquin Provincial Park, mi 28 on rt. 60, spruce bog trail, moss, 22.XI.1975, S. Peck (CNC) 1 female. Quebec, Mare-du-Sault, Parc des Laurentides, 2700’, 15–17.VIII.1970, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC) 2 males, 1 female, 1 sex?
Comments. This northern species is found only at high elevations in NH, and probably represents a relict population from the period of glaciation. It is transcontinental in northern Canada and occurs also in Alaska (Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Boreostiba
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bernhauer
- Species
- parvipennis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Boreostiba parvipennis (Bernhauer, 1907) sec. Klimaszewski, Chandler, Davies & Bourdon, 2023
References
- Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R. P., Langor, D. W., Brunke, A., Davies, A., Bourdon, C., Labrecque, M., Newton, A. F., Dorval, J. - A. & Frank, J. H. (2018) Aleocharine rove beetles of eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): a glimpse of megadiversity. Springer, Cham, XVI + 902 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 319 - 77344 - 5
- Bernhauer, M. (1907) Neue Aleocharini aus Nordamerika. (Col.) (3. Stuck). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1907 (4), 381 - 405. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48019070209
- 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., Godin, B., Pelletier, G. & Savard, K. (2008 a) Six new species and records of aleocharine beetles from the Yukon and Alaska (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). The Canadian Entomologist, 140 (3), 265 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / n 07 - 054
- 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