Leptinillus validus
Creators
- 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2. Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada
Description
Leptinillus validus (Horn, 1872)
NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouguac National Park, (1, CNC); Madawaska Co.: Edmundston, 13.XI.1994, J Bourque, on beaver, (1, UMNB). York Co.: Lake George, (1, CNC). NEWFOUNDLAND: Pasadena, 15.X.1989, M. Bennett, beaver carcass, (1, MUN); Grand Falls, Island Pond, 12.X.2002, Biology 4150, (1, MUN).
Peck (2007) indicated Leptinillus validus as occurring in New Brunswick. Peck (1991) also listed it from Newfoundland, but it is not so indicated in Peck (2007). The above records confirm its presence in insular Newfoundland (Fig. 12). Adults and larvae are ectoparasites of beaver (Castor canadensis Kuhl) in the northern part of their range in North America. They are occasionally, and apparently accidentally, also found on muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus)) (Peck 2007).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576397 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB0FF9BB839FF8FFF7BD476FFAFFFAE (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CNC , MUN , UMNB, CNC, MUN
- Event date
- 1989-10-15 , 2002-10-12
- Family
- Leiodidae
- Genus
- Leptinillus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Horn
- Species
- validus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1989-10-15/1994-11-13 , 2002-10-12
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptinillus validus (Horn, 1872) sec. Majka & Langor, 2008
References
- Peck SB (2007) Distribution and biology of the ectoparasitic beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and L. aplodontiae Ferris of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae). Insecta Mundi 3: 1 - 7.
- Peck SB (1991) Family Leiodidae: small scavenger beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E: 77 - 82.