Euaesthetus floridae CASEY, 1884 (Abb. 29, 77)

Euaesthetus floridae CASEY, 1884: 21; PUTHZ, 1998: 240

M a t e r i a l: CANADA: NS: 1: Cape Breton H.N.P, 46 o 48’N, 60 o 41’W, Fen Pan, 4.-6.VIII.1983, Goulet (CNC); 3: ibidem, North Mountain, Bog Pans, 16.VI.1983, idem (ib, cP) ; 3: 7./ 19.VI.1983, idem (ib). NB: 1: Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 46.0173 o N, 66.3741 o W, Road 16 Regenerating Forest, 8.5 year-old regenerating mixed forest, in Sphagnum and leaf litter at bottom of old tire depression, 17.VIII.2007, Webster (cW) .

U.S.A.: TX: 1: Grayson Co., 12 mi N Whitesboro, Juniper Point, S shore of Lake Taxoma, 14.IV.1968, Suter (AMNH). - LA: 1: Ascension Parish, Gramercy, N of 61 and I- 10, 30 o 09.804’N, 90 o 48.643’W, floating pitfall, 27.VIII.-7.OIX.2009, K. A. Parys (LSAM). - MS: 1, 1: Ponotoc Co., Natchez Trace mi. 250, 30 o 07‘48‘‘, 88 o 50‘18‘‘W, berlese litter from Black Bell Prairie, 16.VI.2009, J.G.Hill (MSEM); 1, 2: Lee Co., Natchez Trace mi 260, 34 o 15‘23‘‘N, 88 o 45‘24‘‘W, ibidem, idem (ib) ; 2: ibidem mi. 260.2, 34 o 15‘24‘‘N, 88 o 45‘22‘‘W, ibidem, 19.- 27.V.2003, J.MacGown & T.Schiefer (ib); 2: Chikasaw Co., Buena Vista, 33 o 53‘30‘‘N, 88 o 49‘32‘‘W, ibidem, 23.VI.2010, J.G.Hill (ib). - AL: 1: Baldwin Co., Bon Secour NWR, 30 o 14‘31‘‘N, 87 o 49‘49‘‘W, berlese litter beneath palmetto in wet area, 15.V.1994, D.M.Pollock (MSEM). - MA: 2: "Mass.", Blanchard (MCZH, USNM); 2, 2: Tyngsborough, XII.1883, 17.I.1901, Blanchard (MCZH, cP) ; 2: Ice, Dracut, 6.III.1886, Blanchard (MCZH). - RI: 1, 2: "R.I." (USNM, cP). - SC: 1, 1: Berkeley Co., 13.X.1966, Widdows (CNC). - GA: 1: Echols Co., Sphagnum, 25.III.1975, Ashe (KSEM). - FL: 1: "[Ta]mpa 3Fla" (type 36200, coll. Casey, USNM); 1: Enterprise (Cotype; ib) ; 1, 9: Ft. Walton Beach, sweeping roadside; sifting duff under gall berry; sifting grass clumps etc. dry pond; 29.II.1972, 1.III.1974, 5./ 10.II.1975, Kiteley (CNC, cP); 2, 7: Destin, damp wash, pond edge, 30.I., 24.II.1976, 7.III.1979, 2.III.1982, idem (ib) ; 1: Highlands Co., 4 mi W Venus, Fisheating Creek (Big Cypress Swamp), litter under water hyacinth, 30.XII.1975, Suter (FMCH) ; 1, 2: ibidem, Berlese litter under Cypress and water hyacinth, 30.III.1967, idem (ib, cP) ; 1: Baker Co., 12 mi NE Lake City Osceola Nat. Forest, Jct. Rds 250A & 241, forest litter, 7.VIII.1987, Reeves (UNHD) ; 1: Martin Co., Palm City, soil litter, 9.II.1976, Smith (CNC) .

B e m e r k u n g e n: Diese Art ist leicht anhand ihres breiten Kopfes zu erkennen. Darin ähnelt sie dem Eu. franki stark, so dass man auch hier auf die Genitalpräparation angewiesen ist.: Aedoeagus (Abb. 29).: 8. Sternit (Abb. 77).