Aleocharinae, Fleming, 1821

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 : 19

Aleocharinae gen. spp. ( Fig. 28 )

Comments. These specimens could not be reliably identified to genus. Aleocharinae is the largest sub- family of the Staphylinidae with 21 tribes, 183 genera, and 1385 described species known from North America and is badly in need of a comprehensive revision. See Newton et al. (2001), and references therein, for further information about this subfamily. Range: throughout North America. Habitat: ubiquitous in terrestrial habitats. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese leaf litter, pitfall traps, bait traps, UV light, etc. Biology: virtually every mode of life (many very specialized) is known in this subfamily: free living, parasitic, herbivore, carnivore, fungivore, flier, walker, runner, swimmer, gregarious, solitary, etc., but life history is almost unknown at the species level. Present Study: indifferent to substrate, forest type, and season. References: Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 25–30. Habitus images. 25) Pteryx sp. (Ptiliidae:Ptiliinae). 26) Clinidium valentinei Bell (Rhysodidae).27) Dialytellus tragicus (Schmidt) (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae).28) Aleocharinae gen. sp. (Staphylinidae), representative of the specimens that could not be identified to genus. 29) Aleodorus bilobatus (Say) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 30) Athetini gen. sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) representative of the specimens that could not be identified to genus.