Oxypoda vockerothi Klimaszewski 2006

Overview & Synopsis

Oxypoda vockerothi Klimaszewski et al., 2006a Fig 22, Map 22 New Records. CANADA, New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag River Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1964°N, 67.6340°W, 31.V.2005, M.-A. Giguère and R.P. Webster (1 ♁, RWC); near Hovey Hill Protected Area, 46.1152°N, 67.7632°W, 10.V.2005 (1 ♀, RWC). York Co., W of Canterbury near “ Browns Mountain Fen”, 45.9033°N, 67.6260°W, 2.V.2005, 29.IV.2006, M.-A. Giguère and R.P. Webster (1 ♁, 2 ♀, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8340°N, 66.7450°W, 21.V.2006, 5.V.2008 (1 ♁, 2 ♀, RWC). Bionomic Notes. Oxypoda vockerothi was collected in moist leaf litter along margins of vernal ponds in mixed forests, mixed forests with eastern white cedar, and in a hardwood forest. Nothing was previously known about the bionomics of this species. Adults were collected during April and May. Collection method: sifting. Map 22. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Oxypoda vockerothi. Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, NB (Klimaszewski et al. 2006; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007). Oxypoda vockerothi was previously known only from the type locality, Marmora, Ontario, Canada. Th e above records indicate that this species is more widely distributed in Canada.