Quedius curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908

NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Truro, 8.VI.1984, J.A. Adams, (2, NSAC).

This species was detected in the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia) in 1997 (Majka and Smetana 2007). Th e new record above, however, establishes that Q. curtipennis has been present in the region from at least 1984. Th e earliest records in North America are from 1934 in Seattle (Smetana 1971). In the Palaearctic region it is found throughout Europe east through Turkey to Uzbekistan, as well as in Morocco and on the Azores (Herman 2001, Smetana 2004). Quedius curtipennis is often found near settlements in various debris and under stones. Some specimens also have been collected in natural environments in moss and under leaf litter (Smetana 1971).