The distribution and habitat of Stenus (Hemistenus) audax J. Sahlberg 1900 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Finland

• Published in: Entomologica Fennica
• Main Author: Clayhills, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 1991
• Subjects: Utsjoki
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/83504; https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.83504

The distribution of Stenus audax J. Sahlberg is reviewed and three new finds from northernmost Finland are recorded, all from Utsjoki, Nuorgam. S. audax seems to prefer areas of upwelling cold groundwater surrounded by sparse Carex vegefation or heavy stands of different mosses on hihglying mires in the upper parts of the mountain birch forest zone. The species overwinters as an imago.