Aleochara (Xenochara) castaneipennis Mannerheim, 1843

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 : 10

3. Aleochara (Xenochara) castaneipennis Mannerheim

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2017, 2018), Table 1

References. Mannerheim 1843. Klimaszewski 1984. Klimaszewski and Peck 1986. Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2011, 2017 a, 2018. Majka and Klimaszewski 2010. Majka et al. 2011.

Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, reported from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, YT. USA: AK, AZ, CO, ME, NH, WA, WY.

Collection and Habitat data. Specimens were captured from May to October in NH using flight intercept and Malaise traps, and some were found on the side of a water tower. In Canada, recorded in coniferous, deciduous, and mixed-wood forest types, and coastal limestone barrens. Adults were often found in rotting mushrooms, carrion, forest leaf litter, moss, and human feces ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 25–31.III.1991, 7–14.V.1990, 15–28.V.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 3 females . New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet , E Fk. Spring Brk., 18–23.VII.1985, 24–30.VII.1985, 14–21.VIII.1985, 29.VIII–5.IX.1985, 2–17.X.1985, 1900’, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 4 males, 2 females . 6 mi NW Bartlett, Nancy Brook Trail , 1500’, 9.IX.11987, Y. Bousquet ( CNC), 7 sex? The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 2–10.VII.1985, 18–23.VII.1985, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 male, 1 female . Coos Co.: 17 km S Gorham, Glen Ellis Falls , 1900’, 8.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting litter by stream ( CNC), 3 males , 20 sex? 8 mi E Gorham, 800’, 15.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell ( CNC), 1 sex? Mt. Washington , 9–14.IX.1987, 3500, L. LeSage and E. Rickey, mixed forest ( CNC), 1 female . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 6–22.VI.1992, 1 sex?; 23.VI–3.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 female . Rockingham Co.: 1 mi W Odiorne Point , 6–9.VIII.1983, D.S. Chandler, malaise trap, 1 female . Strafford Co.: Durham , 27.V.1963, R.L. Blickle, 1 female . 1 mi SW Durham , 26.X.1991, W.J. Morse, water tower, 1 female . 4 mi W Durham , 14–17.V.1982, R.M. Reeves, window trap, 1 female .