| Popis: |
Playtnus indecentis Liebherr & Will, 1996 NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Lake Major, 19.vii. 2004, K. Moore, NSNR; Hants Co.: South Maitland, Hayes Cave Reserve, 19.vi. 1978, B. Wright, (2, NSMC); Lunenburg Co.: Upper LaHave, 6.vii. 1987, A. Larochelle, and M.-C. Larivière, (1, NSMC). Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Liebherr & Will (1996) found it associated with Sphagnum bog habitats. While the precise collection habitat of the specimens from the Hayes Cave Reserve is unknown (wet areas do exists along a stream), there are no Sphagnum bogs in the area, which is characterized by limestone karst geology. In contrast to the flightless and morphologically similar Platynus decentis, P. indecentis is fully macropterous (Liebherr & Will 1996). |
