Atheta (Tetropla) frosti Bernhauer

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 : 27

44. Atheta (Tetropla) frosti Bernhauer

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

References. Bernhauer 1909. Casey 1910, 1911 (as 10 junior synonyms). Gusarov 2003. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008. Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2020, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, reported from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AK, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK. USA: AK, IA, MA, NC, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured by window and Malaise traps, and found in beech and unspecified forest litters; collected from June to November. In Canada found in various coniferous, mixed, and hardwood forests in decaying fungi/mushrooms where it is often common; in pitfall trap in red spruce forest and some in decaying (moldy) corncobs and cornhusks near a mixed forest Also from pitfall traps in an open spruce forest with sandy soil and Cladina lichen cover, in birch-dominated forests, and in polypore fungus in a coniferous forest ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 2 mi NW Jackson, 11.IX.1981, D.S. Chandler, berlese forest litter, 1 female . Coos Co.: 8 mi E Gorham , 800’, 14.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell ( CNC), 2 males, 9 sex? White Mts., Crawford Notch , Silver Cascade , 17.VIII.1976, J.M. Campbell ( CNC), 1 sex? Pinkham Notch , near Lost Pond , 11.IX.1987, Y. Bousquet ( CNC), 1 sex? Strafford Co.: 4 mi W Durham, 20.X–1.XI.1982, R.M. Reeves, window trap, 1 female ; 29.VII–1.VIII.1982, R.M. Reeves, malaise trap, 1 male . Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 10–23.VII.1987, FIT, 1 male ; 12.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift beech litter, 1 male . UNH Dudley Lot, 1 km W[E] Lee , 11.IX.2008, J.A. Feehily, sift forest litter, 1 female .