Aleochara (Calochara) rubripes Blatchley

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 : 17

18. Aleochara (Calochara) rubripes Blatchley

(= A. rubripennis (Casey))

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski 1984, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1906. Blatchley 1910. Klimaszewski 1984. Webster at al. 2012. Assing 2014. Klimaszewski et al. 2018. Brattain et al. 2020.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: MB, NB, ON, QC. USA: CA, IN, KY, MA, ME, NH, PA, VA, WA.

Collection and Habitat data. Specimens in ME and NH were captured by window and flight intercept traps, a pitfall trap with pig dung bait in a bog, and on the side of a water tower. Collected from May to August. Elsewhere found at entrances of groundhog ( Marmota sp. ) and ground squirrel burrows ( Klimaszewski 1984).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 7–14.V.1990, FIT, D.W. Barry, 1 female . New Hampshire, Rockingham Co.: Odiorne Point , 10–12.V.1983, 18–25.V.1983, D.S. Chandler, window trap, 1 male, 2 females . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 7–24.V.1992, 3–19.VIII.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 male, 1 female ; 25.V–7.VI.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 4 males, 1 female . Strafford Co.: Dover , 17 Elm St., 43.188806, -70.877536, 7.IV.2020, M.F. DiGirolomo, ex. funnel, EtOH, 1 sex? ( MFDC). 1 mi SW Durham, 25.III.1987, 1.V.1983, W.J. Morse, water tower, 1 male . 1 mi SW Durham , 2–26.V.1987, 2 males, 2 females ; 27.IV–11.V.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 2 males . Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 27.V–10.VI.1987, 1 female ; 12–26.V.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female ; 31.VII.1986, S.C. Sherman, at pig dung in bog, 1 female . 4 mi W Durham , 24–28.V.1982, R.M. Reeves, window trap, 1 sex ?