Atheta (Microdota) amicula (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 : 23

34. Atheta (Microdota) amicula (Stephens) †

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

References. Stephens 1832. Bernhauer 1907. Brundin 1948. Palm 1970. Muona 1984. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018. Lee and Ahn 2015.

Distribution. Palearctic, adventive in North America. Canada: NF, NS, ON. USA: CA, NH (NSR), WA.

Collection and Habitat data. A single NH female was captured by a FIT in August in an old-growth boreal forest near the border with Canada. In Canada captured by a pitfall trap in an old fir forest; two NS specimens were sifted from moldy corncobs and a compost heap ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Norton Pool , 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 8–21.VIII.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female .