Sepedophilus campbelli Herman, 2001

Brunke, Adam J. & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada, ZooKeys 75, pp. 29-68 : 33-34

Sepedophilus campbelli Herman, 2001

Materials.

UNITED STATES: VA: Giles Co., Cascades Recreation Area, sifted from leaf litter in hardwood forest, 11 to 25-V-2008, A. Brunke (1).

Diagnosis.

Sepedophilus campbelli is distinguished from other species of the genus in northeastern North America by the combination of: pronotum and elytra without microsculpture and without pale or reddish markings; small size (<1.7mm from the clypeus to the elytral apex); middle-tibia with two apical spines; basal abdominal segments with long lateral bristles.

When Campbell (1976) described this species (under the homonymic name Sepedophilus micans ), eight specimens were known from scattered localities in Alabama, Maryland, District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Recently, five specimens of Sepedophilus campbelli were found in Cuivre River State Park, Missouri, at blacklight and under bark ( Watrous 2008). Watrous (2008) also noted that Sepedophilus campbelli has been found in Ohio and Florida but without further details. We here report Sepedophilus campbelli as new for Virginia, contributing to the faunistics of this poorly known species (Map 4). Sepedophilus campbelli was recommended for state listing as S3 rank in Missouri based on rarity there and elsewhere ( Watrous 2008). Although one specimen has been found on a dead chicken ( Campbell 1976), Sepedophilus campbelli is probably a litter or subcortical species.