Pselaphinae, Latreille, 1802

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 21

Pselaphinae

Actiastes fundatum Grigarick and Schuster ( Fig. 40 )

Range: Tennessee. Habitat: sycamore tree hole, leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter.

Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predatory. Present Study: significantly higher abun- dance in leaf litter and primary forest, indifferent to season. References: Grigarick and Schuster 1971.

Figures

Figures 37–42. Habitus images. 37) Anotylus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 38) Carpelimus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 39) Sunius rufipes (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Paederinae).40) Actiastes fundatum Grigarick and Schuster (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 41) Actiastes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 42) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).