Halobrecta flavipes Thomson 1861

• Main Authors: Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald, Assing, Volker, Savard, Karine
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Halobrecta; Halobrecta flavipes; Inaccessible Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793094; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D673208FFE3887772EA13F0FDD7FBE6

Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, 1861 (Figs. 13, 14, 15-22) Description A description of Halobrecta flavipes Thomson is given in Klimaszewski et al. (2002) and Gusarov (2004). Th is marine littoral species has been previously recorded from the coasts of Europe (Smetana 2004), Inaccessible Islands, Chile, and the United States (New York, Virginia) (Klimaszewski et al. 2002; Gusarov 2004). We report this species for the first time for New Brunswick, Canada, from specimens collected in the intertidal and littoral zones. Collection data CANADA, New Brunswick: Charlotte Co., Maces Bay, 45°.1242 N, 66°.4732 W, 11 July 2008, R. P. Webster, coll., sea beach, intertidal zone, under 10-30 cm diameter rocks in fine gravel/clay mix, about 4.0 m below mean high tide mark (RWC), 2 sex undetermined; Saint John Co., Black Beach, 45°.1539 N, 66°.2282 W, 11 July 2008, R. P. Webster, coll., sea beach, intertidal zone, under 20 cm diameter rock in fine gravel about 3.0 m below mean high tide mark (RWC) 1 sex undetermined; Saint John Co., Chance Harbour off Cranberry Head Road, 45°.1348 N, 66°.3438 W, 6 July 2008, R. P. Webster, coll., sea beach, intertidal zone, under 30-80 cm diameter rocks in fine gravel/clay mix, 3.0 to 5.0 m below mean high tide mark (LFC, RWC), 8 sex undetermined. Saint John Co., Chance Harbour, 45.1156° N, 66.3610° W, 7 May 2006, leg. M. Giguère and R. Webster, sea beach, in decaying seaweed near mean high tide mark (RWC), 2 females, 1 male; Chance Harbour off Cranberry Head Road, 45.1348° N, 66.3438° W, 12 May 2008, leg. R. P. Webster, sea beach, intertidal zone, under large (30-80 cm) deep-set rocks (covered with Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, Phaeophyceae, Fucales) in gravel/clay soil about 3 to 3.5 m below mean high tide mark (LFC, RWC), 5 males, 3 females, 40 sex undetermined; Dipper Harbour, 45.1154° N, 66.3720° W, 12 May 2008, leg. R.P. Webster, sea beach, intertidal zone, under deep-set rock on fine gravel, approximately 2 m below mean high tide mark (RWC), 1 male. Bionomic notes Fifty-seven ...