PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 109(4), 2007, pp. 949–950 NOTE Quedius molochinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Newly Recorded in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka and Smetana (2007) recently mens of Q. molochinus were collected in recorded Quedius fuliginosus (Graven- Nova Scotia (Kings County, Sheffield horst, 1802) as new in North America Mills, 25.ix.2002, Ken Neil, pitfall trap, from specimens collected in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Museum collection) and They also newly recorded Quedius curti- Prince Edward Island (Queens County, pennis Bernhauer, 1908 from Nova Sco- Harrington, 7.ix.2006, C. Noronha, po- tia and Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, tato field, pitfall trap, Nova Scotia 1802) from New Brunswick. Although Museum collection) that now establish Majka and Smetana (2007) wrote that Q. the presence of this species in the curtipennis was newly reported in eastern Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, North America, there is one previous Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island). specimen collected by D.S. Chandler in These records clearly represent separate 1983 in New Hampshire (Smetana 1990). introduction events from those in New- Other introduced species in the genus foundland and Que´bec. include Quedius fulgidus (Fabricius, Majka and Smetana (2007) pointed 1793), widely distributed in the United out that there are a large number of States and in southwestern British Co- introduced, Palearctic staphylinids in the lumbia and Manitoba (Smetana 1971); region (16% of Nova Scotia’s rove beetle Quedius cinctus (Paykull, 1790), found in fauna) and Klimaszewski et al. (2007) Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, added records of six additional species to and Washington (Smetana 1971, 1990); the Maritime fauna. Majka and Smetana and Quedius cruentus (Olivier, 1794) (2007) highlighted the nautical history of reported by Gusarov (2001) from New the region and how it has contributed to York. the large number of introduced Coleop- Smetana (1965, 1971) also reported the tera. Lindroth (1957) collected Q. molo- Palearctic Quedius molochinus (Grave- chinus at the Appledore rock quarry on nhorst, 1806) from three specimens the River Torridge in North Devon, collected by C.H. Lindroth in 1949 in England – one of eight sites investigated St. John’s, Newfoundland. Smetana by him as principal sources of dry ballast (1973, 1976, 1981) later reported the destined for Atlantic Canadian ports. species from the Que´bec City area, and Both sites in the Maritime Provinces Smetana (1981, 1990) reported further where Q. molochinus has been found are records from Newfoundland (chiefly in in agricultural areas with many synan- the vicinity of St. John’s, but also from thropic environments, not far from sea- Harricott at the head of St. Mary’s Bay, ports, and have substantial suites of approximately 75 km away), concluding introduced beetles. Smetana (1971) noted that the species was well-established on that all the specimens from Newfound- the Avalon Peninsula. To date, Q. land were found on land affected by molochinus has only been known in cultivation. Quedius molochinus thus North America from these two areas, joins the large spectrum of introduced largely restricted to sites around the rove beetles found in the Maritime original ports of entry. 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