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Two new Atheta species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from eastern Canada: taxonomy, bionomics, and distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Jan Klimaszewski  and
Christopher G. Majka
Jan Klimaszewski*
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 3800, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7
Christopher G. Majka
Affiliation:
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Histroy, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Two new athetine beetles from eastern Canada are described and illustrated: Atheta (Metadimetrota) savardae Klimaszewski and Majka, sp. nov. (Nova Scotia, Quebec) and Atheta (Datomicra) acadiensis Klimaszewski and Majka, sp. nov. (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec). Their relationships to other closely related species are discussed, and new data on bionomics and distribution are provided. The new species are presented with a short diagnosis, description, colour habitus images, and black-and-white genital images.

Résumé

Deux nouvelles espèces de coléoptères athetines sont décrites et illustrées pour l'Est du Canada: Atheta (Metadimetrota) savardae Klimaszewski et Majka, sp. nov. (Nouvelle-Écosse, Québec) et Atheta (Datomicra) acadiensis Klimaszewski et Majka, sp. nov. (Nouvelle-Écosse, Nouveau-Brunswick, Île-du-Prince-Édouard et Québec). Les relations avec les espèces proches apparentées sont discutées, et de nouvelles données sur leur bionomie et leur distribution sont apportées. Les nouvelles espèces sont présentées avec une courte diagnose, une description, des images en couleur de leur habitus et des images en noir et blanc de leur structure génitale.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 139 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 45 - 53
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2007

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