Batrisodes spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 31

Batrisodes spp. (female) ( Fig. 65 )

Comments. Female Batrisodes Reitter cannot be reliably identified. These female specimens are prob- ably representative of the twelve described and five undescribed species that have been collected in GSMNP. Range: eastern North America. Habitat: within this genus some members are found in leaf litter, mosses, and rotten wood, others are associated with ants or troglobites. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, emergence. Biology: poorly known, but see Park (1932b) about feeding behavior of Batrisodes lineaticollis Aubé (as B. globosus LeConte ). Ferro et al. (2012a): indifferent to substrate, forest type, and season. Present Study: not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Blatchley 1910; Park 1932b, 1947, 1948; Chandler 1990a; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Newton et al. 2001; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 63–68. Habitus images. 63) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). 64) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 65) Batrisodes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 66) Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 67) Pycnoplectus sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 68) Sonoma sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).