Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Bisnius pugetensis (Hatch, 1957)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 25.V.2015, R.P. Webster // Margin field/hardwood forest, in litter in entrance to Marmota monax burrow (1 ♀, RWC).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB (Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Smetana (1995) reported this species from burrows of various mammals such as gophers, Thomomys, Marmota, and fox. The NB specimen was collected from litter in the entrance of a Marmota monax (L.) (groundhog) burrow.