Boreophilia herschelensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Athetini
Subtribus: Athetina
Genus: Boreophilia
Species: Boreophilia herschelensis

Name

Boreophilia herschelensis Klimaszewski & Godin in Klimaszewski, Godin & Bourdon, 2012: 232

• Type locality: CANADA: Yukon, Herschel Island, 69.5706, -138.902.
• Holotype: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, René Martineau Insectarium, Québec City, Quebec, Canada, ♀, 13.VI.2007, 5 m, pitfall trap, site dominated by Carex and grasses with presence of willows (ATOR) – alluvial fan, D.G. Reid.
• Etymology: Named for the type locality, Herschel Island.
• Status:   invalid   [synonym of Boreophilia vega; synonym in Klimaszewski et al. 2019: 67]

Native distribution areas

Canada (YT).

References

Primary references

• Klimaszewski, J., Godin, B. & Bourdon, C. 2012. Further contributions to the aleocharine fauna of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 186: 207–237. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2674 Reference page.  [original description: p. 232]
• Klimaszewski, J., Sikes, D.S., Brunke, A. & Bourdon, C. 2019. Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution. Zookeys, 848: 57–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.34846 Reference page.  [syn. nov., Holarctic species: p. 67]