New-species-2006
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Atheta novaescotiae
Atheta novaescotiae is a species of rove beetle described in 2006. It inhabits marine seashore environments in eastern North America. The species exhibits adaptations convergent with those of Tarphiota, a genus of rove beetles specialized for similar coastal habitats.
Oxypoda chantali
Oxypoda chantali is a species of rove beetle described from Canada and Alaska in 2006. It belongs to the large genus Oxypoda within the subfamily Aleocharinae. The species was established as part of a comprehensive revision that reorganized the North American Oxypoda fauna into 14 species groups. Like other members of its genus, it is a small-bodied staphylinid beetle with reduced elytra.