Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-72

  Majka, Christopher G ^a   Klimaszewski, Jan ^b  

^a Nova Scotia Museum   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; MARITIME PROVINCES; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

ALEOCHARA LANUGINOSA; ATHETA AMICULA; CARPELIMUS SUBTILIS; COLEOPTERA; COPROPHILUS STRIATULUS; DRUSILLA CANALICULATA; HABROCERUS CAPILLARICORNIS; LEPTACINUS; PHILONTHUS DISCOIDEUS; STAPHYLINIDAE; TACHINUS;

EID: 41649113612     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-099     Document Type: Article

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