Philonthus politus

• Main Authors: Majka, Christopher, Klimaszewski, Jan, Lauff, Randolph
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Philonthus; Philonthus politus; Canada; Goodwin; Island Pond; Pond Cove; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792989; https://zenodo.org/record/3792989

Philonthus politus (Linnaeus, 1758) NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Co.: Scatarie Island, Northwest Cove, 8.VIII.2005, A. MacDonald, under wrack on beach, (1, CBU); Scatarie Island, Northwest Cove, 11.VIII.2005, K.R. Aikens and A. MacDonald, under wrack on beach, (1, CBU); Digby Co.: Brier Island, Pond Cove, 15.IX.2005, J. Ogden and K. Goodwin, rocky shore, pitfall trap, (1, JOC); Halifax Co.: Sable Island, 10.VI.1977, 15.VI.1977, B. Wright, (4, NSMC). Philonthus politus is found in all kinds of decaying organic matter (Smetana 1995). It is not particularly associated with coastal habitats. There are scattered records in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia (Smetana 1995) including a few (above) from coastal habitats. Its distribution in North America is shown in Smetana (1995). : Published as part of Majka, Christopher, Klimaszewski, Jan & Lauff, Randolph, 2008, The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records, pp. 115-150 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 137, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/576408 : {"references": ["Smetana A (1995) Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology International 3: i-x, 1 - 946."]}