Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Clusiota impressicollis (Bernhauer) Figs 88-95

Clusiota impressicollis (For diagnosis, see Casey 1910, Klimaszewski et al. 2011)

Atheta impressicollis Bernhauer 1907: 389. As Clusiota: Klimaszewski et al. 2011, Brunke et al. 2012, Bousquet et al. 2013.

Clusiota claviventris Casey 1910: 119. Synonymized by Gusarov 2003a.

Material examined

(additional locality data). Canada, Ontario, Sudbury Co., Mattagami, 25.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski (ZML) 2 males, 1 female; Nipissing Co., Algonquin Provincial Park, near Brent, 21.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski (ZML) 1 male.

Distribution.

BC, NB, NF, ON (Casey 1910, Klimaszewski et al. 2011, Bousquet et al. 2013).

Natural history.

The specimens from ON were collected in August. The NF specimens were captured in a light flight intercept trap in fir-deciduous forest in July/August (Klimaszewski et al. 2011). These records indicate that adults occur late in the season.

Comments .

This species was originally reported by Bernhauer (1907) from Baring, WA and Pasadena, CA. The previously unknown female is illustrated here for the first time from a specimen from Mattagami, ON.