Aloconota sulcifrons (Stephens)

Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 5364 (1), pp. 1-141 : 21

28. Aloconota sulcifrons (Stephens) †

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Stephens 1832. Klimaszewski and Peck 1986. Gusarov 2003. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008. Webster et al. 2009. Brunke et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Palearctic, adventive in North America. Canada: MB, NB, NF, ON, QC. USA: AL, IL, IN, KY, ME (NSR), MO, NH, NY, TN, VA, WA, WV.

Collection and Habitat data. The ME/NH specimens were captured from June to November in flight intercept traps (FIT), and from old river drift. In Canada collected from compost (corncobs and cornhusks) in a mixed forest, from decaying sea wrack on upper margin of sea beach, among gravel along shaded margin of a spring-fed brook in rich Appalachian hardwood forest, among cobblestones along shaded brook in balsam poplar forest near a river, in gravel on margin of cold shaded brook, and at UV light in mixed forest; also from organic debris, fungi, and carrion, and often found in caves in the USA ( Klimaszewski and Peck 1986, Webster et al. 2009).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 13–19.XI.1990, 1 female ; 30.X–5.XI.1990, 1 female ; 4– 10.IX.1990, 1 male ; 17–23.VII.1990, 1 male, D.W. Barry, FIT . New Hampshire, Coos Co.: 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam , 25.VI–9.VII.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 26.VIII.1992, berlese old river drift, D.S. Chandler, 1 female .