Atheta (Pseudota) annexa Casey

Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 5364 (1), pp. 1-141 : 23

35. Atheta (Pseudota) annexa Casey

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1910, 1911. Klimaszewski and Peck 1986. Gusarov 2003. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008. Webster et al. 2009. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, NF, NS, ON, QC. USA: AL, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA (NSR), ME (NSR), MO, MS, NC, NH (NSR), NY, OH, TN, VA, WI, WV.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured by window, flight intercept, and UV light traps; also taken in fungi/mushrooms. Collected from April to October. In Canada and elsewhere found in various kinds of decaying materials in many kinds of coniferous, mixed and hardwood/deciduous forest types as well as in various open habitats. Adults were found in various decaying fungi (common) such as gilled mushrooms, various polypore fungi, and coral fungi; among decaying vegetables/compost (common), under spruce bark in wood piles, in flood debris along rivers, in organic debris and raccoon dung at cave entrances, and in woodrat nests ( Neotoma sp. ) ( Klimaszewski and Peck 1986, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, Maine, Penobscot Co.: 2 mi SW Orono , 28.V.1982, malaise trap, D.S. Chandler, 1 male. York Co.: West Lebanon, 16–29.X.1990, 1 female; 28.VIII–3.IX.1990, 1 male; 24–30.VII.1990, 1 male; 17–23.VII.1990, 1 male; 4–10.IX.1990, 1 male; 9–15.X.1990, 2 males, 3 females; 9–15.IV.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 female; 14– 20.VIII.1990, 1 female; 4–10.IX.1990, D.W. Barry, UV trap, 1 male. Massachusetts, Hampden Co.: Brimfield St. Forest , 42.1077, -72.2507, 15.IV–5.VII.2014, M.F. DiGirolomo, ex. Quercus rubra , 3 males ( MFDC). New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk. , 1900’, 23.V–4.VI.1985, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 female. 6 mi NW Bartlett Nancy Brook Trail , 1500’, 9.IX.1987, A. Davies and Y. Bousquet, ex Russula mushrooms ( CNC), 1 male, 3 sex? Mt. Chocorua , 1.VIII.1982, W.J. Morse, fungus, 1 male. The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet , 8–14.VI.1984, window trap, D.S. Chandler, 1 male; 4.VI.1984, D.S. Chandler, mushrooms, 1 female. 2 mi NW Jackson , 11.IX.1981, berlese forest litter, D.S. Chandler, 2 males, 1 female. Coos Co.: 2 mi NE Crawford Depot , 2100’, 13.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, ex mass of mushrooms on large stump ( CNC), 1 female, 2 sex? Norton Pool , 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 27.V–11.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam , 10–26.V.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female. Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , 23.VI– 3.VII.1992, 4–14.VII.1992, 15–26.VII.1992, 25.V–7.VI.1992, 3–19.VIII.1992, 20.VIII–8.IX.1992, FITrap, D.S. Chandler, 5 males, 9 females; 26.VII.1992, 25.VIII.1992, 8.IX.1992, D.S. Chandler, UV trap, 3 males, 1 female. Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 11–23.VIII.1989, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female. Strafford Co.: Barrington , 6.IX.1986, ex fungus, W.J. Morse, 4 males, 2 females. Durham , 11.X.1954, R. L. Blickle, 1 female. 4 mi W Durham , 23–26.VIII.1982, window trap, R.M. Reeves, 1 male. 1 mi SW Durham , 6.V.1983, W.J. Morse, ex. sapping stump, 1 male. Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 12–26.V.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female. UNH Dudley Lot , 1 km E Lee, 4–18.IX.2008, ZOOL 745/845 class, FIT, meadow edge, 1 female; 4–18.IX.2008, ZOOL 745/845 class, forest, FIT, 1 female. West Foss Farm , 1 km S Durham, 2–16.IX.2004, N43 07.370, W70 56.639, ZOOL 745/845 class, forest, flight intercept trap, 1 female .