Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Material and Methods

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A Glimpse of Megadiversity

  • 251 Accesses

Abstract

Information is presented on format, abbreviations, diagnostic features including external body structures and genital structures important for identification (e.g. aedeagus, parameres, spermatheca, and terminal segments of abdomen), microdissection and preparation of genital structures for examination and diagnostics, image production, DNA barcoding, and a review of collection methods and habitats.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 229.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Ashe JS (2001) Key to the tribes and genera of Nearctic Aleocharinae. viii. Pp. 299–374. In: Arnett RH Jr, Thomas, CM (eds) American beetles. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington, DC, 443 pp [publ. 28 Dec 2000 acccording to CRC Press. https://www.crcpress.com/American-Beetles-Volume-I-Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga-Polyphaga/Jr-Thomas/p/book/9780849319259

  • Benick G, Lohse GA (1974) Tribus 14 (Callicerini). In: Freude H, Harde KW, Lohse A (eds) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 5: Staphylinidae II (Hypocyphtinae und Aleocharinae) Pselaphidae. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld, 381 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies AE, Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Lawrence JF, Lyal CHC, Newton AF, Reid CAM, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith ABT (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88:1–972

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brunke JA, Buffam J (2018) A review of Nearctic rove beetles (Staphylinidae) specialized on the burrows and nests of vertebrates, Biology of rove beetles (Staphylinidae): life history, evolution, ecology and distribution. Springer, Cham

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Brunke A, Klimaszewski J, Dorval J-A, Bourdon C, Paiero SM, Marshall SA (2012) New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species. In: Klimaszewski J, Anderson R (eds) Biosystematics and ecology of Canadian Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) II. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 186:119–206

    Google Scholar 

  • Dybas LK, Dybas HS (1981) Coadaptation and taxonomic differentiation of sperm and spermathecae in featherwings beetles. Evolution 35(1):168–174

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Elven H, Bachmann L, Gusarov VI (2010) Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Mol Phylogenet Evol 57(1):84–100

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Elven H, Bachmann L, Gusarov VI (2012) Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini-Lomechusini-Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta). Zoologica Scripta 41(6):617–636

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gollkowski V (2013) Über Köderfallen zum Nachweis von in Tierbauen usw. Lebenden Käfern. Entomol Nachr Ber 57:163–164

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusarov VI (2003) Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes. Zootaxa 353:1–134

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gusarov VI (2011) Case 3537. Athetini Casey, 1910 and Geostibina Seevers, 1978 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): proposed conservation. Bull Zool Nomencl 68(1):54–60

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hammond HEJ (1997) Arthropod biodiversity from Populus coarse woody material in north-central Alberta: a review of taxa and collection methods. Can Entomol 129:1009–1033

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hanley RS, Ashe JS (2003) Techniques for dissecting adult aleocharine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Bull Entomol Res 93(1):11–18

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hlaváč P, Newton AF, Maruyama M (2011) World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075:1–151

    Google Scholar 

  • Hébert C, Jobin L, Fréchette M, Pelletier G (2000) An efficient pit-light trap to study diversity. J Insect Conserv 4:191–202

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hebert PDN, Cywinska A, Ball SL, deWaard JR (2003) Biological identifications through DNA barcodes. Proceed Royal Soc B Biol Sci 270:313–321. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2218

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hughes CC, Johns RC, Sweeney JD (2014) A technical guide to installing beetle traps in the upper crown of trees. J Acad Entomol Soc 10(4):12–18

    Google Scholar 

  • Jobin LJ, Coulombe C (1992) The Luminoc® insect trap. Forestry Canada, Quebec Region, Sainte-Foy, Quebec. Information Leaflet LFC 26E, 12 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J (1979) A revision of the Gymnusini and Deinopsini of the world (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Agriculture Canada Research Branch, Monograph No. 25: 1–169

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J (1982) Studies of Myllaenini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). 1. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Nearctic Myllaena Erichson. Can Entomol 114(3):181–242

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J (1984) A revision of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 129, 211 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Pelletier G, Germain C, Hébert C, Humble LM, Winchester NN (2001) Diversity of Placusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Canada, with descriptions of two new species. Can Entomol 133(1):1–47

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Pelletier G, Sweeney J (2002) Genus Tinotus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from America north of Mexico: review of the types, distribution records, and key to species. Can Entomol 134(3):281–298

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Pohl G, Pelletier G (2003) Revision of the Nearctic Silusa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Can Entomol 135(2):159–186

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Pelletier G, Majka C (2004) A revision of Canadian Leptusa Kraatz (Col., Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): new species, new distribution records, key and taxonomic considerations. Belg J Entomol 6:3–42

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Sweeney J, Price J, Pelletier G (2005) Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in red spruce stands, eastern Canada: diversity, abundance, and descriptions of new species. Can Entomol 137(1):1–48

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Pelletier G, Germain C, Work T, Hébert C (2006) Review of Oxypoda species in Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics, and distribution. Can Entomol 138(6):737–852

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Savard K, Pelletier G, Chandler DS, Sweeney J (2007) Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in yellow birch-dominated stands of southeastern Quebec, Canada: diversity, abundance, and description of a new species. Can Entomol 139(6):793–833

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Savard K, Pelletier G, Webster R (2008a) Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution. In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 2:11–84

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Assing V, Savard K (2008b) Diglotta mersa (Haliday) and Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, two new species for the Canadian fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 2:175–188

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Savard K (2009a) Review of the rove beetle species of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Brunswick, Canada: new species, provincial records and bionomic information. In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 22:81–170

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Savard K (2009b) First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 22:45–79

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Savard K, Couture J (2009c) First record of the genus Alisalia Casey from Canada, description of two new species, and a key to all Nearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 25:1–18

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Langor DW, Bourdon C, Jacobs J (2013) Review of Canadian species of the genus Dinaraea Thomson, with descriptions of six new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini). ZooKeys 327:65–101

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Pelletier G, Godin B, Langor DW (2015a) Review of Canadian species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the description of a new species and a new synonymy. ZooKeys 487:111–139

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Sikes D, Bourdon C, Labrecque M (2015b) A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and Atheta Thomson, subgenus Microdota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 524:103–136

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Langor D, Sikes D, Bourdon C Godin B, Ernst C 2016. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genus Liogluta Thomson, and descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 573:217–256

    Google Scholar 

  • Klimaszewski J, Struyve T, Bourdon C, Dorval J-A (2017) First record of Thecturota tenuissima Casey from Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 702:19–25

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lindgren BS (1983) A multiple funnel trap for scolytid beetles (Coleoptera). Can Enomol. 115(3):299–302

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lohse GA, Klimaszewski J, Smetana A (1990) Revision of Arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bull 44(2):121–202

    Google Scholar 

  • Martin JEH (1977) The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 1. Collecting, preparing, and preserving insects, mites, and spiders. Research Branch. Canadian Department of Agriculture. Publication 1643. Ministry of Supply and Services Canada 1978. Kromar Printing Ltd

    Google Scholar 

  • Maruyama M, Klimaszewski J (2004) A new genus and species of the myrmecophilous Athetini, Paragoniusa myrmicae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Canada. Entomol Rev Japan 59(2):241–248

    Google Scholar 

  • Maruyama M, Klimaszewski J (2006) Notes on myrmecophilous aleocharines (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Canada, with a description of a new species of Myrmoecia. Bull Nat Sci Mus Tokyo A 32(3):125–131

    Google Scholar 

  • Maruyama M, Patrick LB, Klimaszewski J (2008) First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 1716:35–43

    Google Scholar 

  • Parker J (2016) Myrmecophily in beetles (Coleoptera): evolutionary patterns and biological mechanisms. Myrmecol News 22:65–108

    Google Scholar 

  • Paśnik G (2010). Phylogeny and generic classification of Tachyusini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, 129 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Peck SB, Davies A (1980) Collecting small beetles with large-area ‘window’ traps. Coleopterists Bull 34:237–239

    Google Scholar 

  • Peschke K (1978) Funktionsmorphologische Untersuchungen zur Kopulation von Aleochara curtula Goeze (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zoomorphologie 89(2):157–184

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ratnasingham S, Hebert PDN (2007) BOLD: the barcode of life data system (www.barcodinglife.org). Mol Ecol Notes 7:355–364. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01678.x

  • Ratnasingham S, Hebert PDN (2013) A DNA-based registry for all animal species: the Barcode Index Number (BIN) system. PLoS One 8(8):e66213. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066213

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Schülke M, Smetana A (2015) Family Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. In: Löbl I, Löbl D (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, vol. 2, Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea—Staphylinoidea, Brill, Leiden & Boston, pp 304–1134

    Google Scholar 

  • Seevers CH (1978) A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) [with additions and annotations by Lee H. Herman]. Fieldiana Zool 71: vi + 289 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Skvarla MJ, Larson JL, Dowling APG (2014) Pitfalls and preservatives: a rfeview. J Entomol Soc Ont 145:15–43

    Google Scholar 

  • Spence JR, Niemelä JK (1994) Sampling carabid assemblages with pitfall traps: The madness and the method. Can Entomol 126:881–894

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Webster RP, Klimaszewski J, Pelletier G, Savard K (2009) New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada. I. Aleocharinae. In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 22: 171–248

    Google Scholar 

  • Webster RP, Klimaszewski J, Sweeney JD, DeMerchant I (2012) New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, and an addition to the fauna of Quebec, Canada: Aleocharinae. In: Klimaszewski J, Anderson R (eds) Biosystematics and ecology of Canadian Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) II. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 186:83–118

    Google Scholar 

  • Webster RP, Anderson RS, Webster VL, Alderson CA, Hughes CC, Sweeney JD (2016a) New Curculionoidea records from New Brunswick, Canada with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia. In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 573:367–386

    Google Scholar 

  • Webster RP, Klimaszewski J, Bourdon C, Sweeney JD, Hughes CC, Labrecque M (2016b) Further contribution to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphilinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including description of 27 new species. In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 573:85–216

    Google Scholar 

  • Webster RP, Webster VL, Alderson CA, Hughes CC, Sweeney JD (2016c) Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada. In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys [Special Issue] 573:265–338

    Google Scholar 

  • Yamamoto S, Maruyama M (2017) Phylogeny of the rove beetle tribe Gymnusini sensu n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): implications for the early branching events of the subfamily: phylogeny of Gymnusini rove beetles. Systemat Entomol https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12267

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada

    Jan Klimaszewski, Caroline Bourdon, Myriam Labrecque & Julie-Anne Dorval

  2. Research Associate, New Brunswick Museum, New Brunswick, Canada

    Reginald P. Webster

  3. Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada

    Reginald P. Webster

  4. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    David W. Langor

  5. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Adam Brunke & Anthony Davies

  6. Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

    Alfred F. Newton

  7. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    J. Howard Frank

Authors
  1. Jan Klimaszewski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Reginald P. Webster
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. David W. Langor
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Adam Brunke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Anthony Davies
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Caroline Bourdon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Myriam Labrecque
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Alfred F. Newton
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Julie-Anne Dorval
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. J. Howard Frank
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jan Klimaszewski .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2018). Material and Methods. In: Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A Glimpse of Megadiversity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77344-5_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation