Leptusa spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 30

Leptusa spp. ( Fig. 62 )

Comments. Ten species of Leptusa are known from GSMNP. Despite the revision by Park et al. (2010) some specimens could only be reliably identified to genus. Range: eastern United States. Habitat: forest leaf litter, rotten wood. Collection Method: sifting leaf litter (with Berlese funnel), and col- lected from dead wood with emergence chamber. Biology: unknown. Ferro et al. (2012a): indifferent to substrate, forest type and season. Present Study: not significantly abundant in any subsamples. This is almost certainly a reflection of the habits of multiple species represented by these specimens. References: Blatchley 1910; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001; Park et al. 2010.

Figures

Figures 57–62. Habitus images. 57) Athetini sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 58) Atheta sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 59) Leptusa carolinensis Pace (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 60) Leptusa cribratula (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 61) Leptusa pusio (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 62) Leptusa sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).