Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Astenus brevipennis (Austin, 1877)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., 12 km SSE of Upper Napan [Goodfellow Brook P.N.A.], 46.8943°N, 65.3796°W, 7.VI.2006, R.P. Webster // Eastern white cedar swamp, in moss & leaf litter (2 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC); same locality data and collector but 23.V.2007 // Old-growth, wet eastern white cedar swamp, in litter, grasses & moss on hummocks near water [pools] (1 ♂, 2 sex undetermined, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, NB (Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

This species was sifted from moss and leaf litter, and litter, grasses, and moss on hummocks near water in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp. Adults were found in May and June.