Liogluta nigropolita (Bernhauer)

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 : 53

94. Liogluta nigropolita (Bernhauer)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2016b, 2021), Table 1

References. Bernhauer 1907. Lohse and Smetana 1985. Lohse et al. 1990. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2016b, 2018, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: LB, NF, NT, NU, QC, YT. USA: NH.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were found in dwarf Betula litter, moss by spring, spruce litter, dwarf Salix , Vaccinium , leatherleaf litter, and fir, spruce and willow litter; also taken by sweeping grasses. Collected from June to September at elevations of 3300–6000 feet. In AK, found in litter of Salix on lake shore and pond, and in litter of boggy black spruce ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada (LB) reported from pond and stream margins in moss and clay and under rocks, and from pitfall traps in shrubby coastal barrens ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Washington, Halfway House, 28.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, berlese, moss by spring, 3 males, 2 females. Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 18.VI.1982, 7.VII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift fir, spruce & willow litter, 1 male, 1 sex?; 7.VIII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift willow litter, 1 male, 2 females; 11.IX.1982, D.S. Chandler, sweeping grass, 1 male, 1 female; 11.IX.1981, D.S. Chandler, berlese spruce litter, 5 males, 5 females. Mt. Washington, 5800–6000’, 10.IX.1987, A. Smetana ( CNC) 1 male, 2 females. Mt. Washington, Lakes of the Clouds, 5000’, 10.IX.1987, A. Smetana ( CNC) 1 male, 3 females, 5 sex?; 12.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting dwarf Betula litter ( CNC), 1 female. Mt. Washington, above tree line, 5200–5700’, 10.IX.1987, Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix , Vaccinium , leatherleaf litter ( CNC), 3 males, 2 sex? Mt. Washington, Crawford Path, 5500’, 10.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Vaccinium , leatherleaf litter with moss and grasses ( CNC), 2 sex? Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 5300’, 12.IX.1987, Campbell and A. Davies, sifting dwarf Betula litter ( CNC), 2 females, 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Monroe Brook, 3300’, 13.VI.1967, D.R. Oliver ( CNC), 3 males, 1 female, 1 sex?