Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Brachycepsis subpunctata (LeConte, 1852)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 4-12.VI.2008, 12-19.VI.2008, 19-27.VI.2008, 28.VII-6.VIII.2008, R.P. Webster // Rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers, Lindgren funnel trap (9 sex undetermined, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 25.IV-4.V.2009, R.P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère // Old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1 sex undetermined, RWC); Canterbury, Eel River P.N.A., 45.8967°N, 67.6343°W, 12-25.VIII.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old-growth eastern white cedar swamp & fen, Lindgren funnel traps (1 sex undetermined, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, LB, NF (Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Brachycepsis subpunctata adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in a rich Appalachian hardwood forest, an old red pine forest, and an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp and fen. Specimens were collected in April, May, June, and August in NB.