Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Alaobia) ventricosa Bernhauer

Atheta (Alaobia) ventricosa (for diagnosis and illustrations, see Klimaszewski et al. 2011)

Distribution.

Natural history.

In Saskatchewan, one male was captured in the riparian zone of a pond. In Newfoundland, adults were collected in unbaited and carrion-baited pitfall traps and flight intercept traps in various coniferous and mixedwood forest types (Klimaszewski et al. 2011). Elsewhere, adults were found in coniferous forests and in organic litter in mixed forests (Klimaszewski et al. 2005, Majka and Klimaszewski 2008).The adults were collected from May to October.