The fossil occurrence of Helophorus arcticus Brown (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in Pleistocene deposits of the Scarborough Bluffs, Ontario

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Morgan, Anne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Scarborough; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z72-075; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z72-075

Fossils of Helophorus arcticus Brown are described from Pleistocene deposits believed to be about 70 000 years old. This is the first record of the species as a fossil in North America. At present H. arcticus is known only from damp tundra regions of the subarctic in Canada, and it is suggested that...