Strigota ambigua (Erichson)

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 : 68

125. Strigota ambigua (Erichson)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2020), Table 1

References. Erichson 1839. Bernhauer 1907. Casey 1910, 1911. Notman 1922. Gusarov 2003. Majka et al. 2008. Brunke et al. 2012. Webster et al. 2016. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2001). Canada: BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT. USA: CA, CO, CT, IA, KS, MA, MO, NC, NJ, NH (NSR), NM, NY, NV, TX.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were found in forest litter, sod, and old river drift; taken in pitfalls and by sifting litter. Collected from April to October. In Canada captured in open habitats with well-drained soil including sand dunes, lakeshores, beaches, Dryas covered limestone barrens, soybean fields, old fields, open gaps in spruce forest with sandy soil mostly covered with Cladina lichens, weedy disturbed field, and riverbanks. Adults were found under stones, cobblestones on moist sand, in organic debris in groundhog burrows, organic debris, flood refuse, and in beach-drift debris ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2020).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Hell Gate, Dead Dianond River , 1400’, 12.VII.1974, R.M. Reeves, pitfall trap, 1 male . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , Haverhill , 2.X.1991, D.S. Chandler, sift forest litter, 1 male, 1 female ; 8.IX.1982, D.S. Chandler, berlese old river drift, 1 male. Rockingham Co.: Hampton , 4.VIII.1914, R.L. Blickle, sod, 1 female . Strafford Co.: 4 mi SW Durham , 26.IV.1969, 2 males ; 25.V.1969, 1 male ; 20.X.1969, 1 male R.L. Blickle, pitfall.