Philhygra palustris (Kiesenwetter)

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 : 61

114. Philhygra palustris (Kiesenwetter)

(Illustrations in Brunke et al. 2021), Table 1

References. Kiesenwetter 1844. Muona 1984. Brunke et al. 2021.

Distribution. Palearctic, adventive in North America. Canada: MB, ON. USA: CT, IA, MA, ME, NH, NY, PA, RI, SC, VT, WI.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH a male was captured in maple litter from along a stream in an old-growth silver maple floodplain forest in July. In Canada most specimens of this species were collected by passive traps in a variety of habitats (Brunke et al. 2021). In Sweden P. palustris is considered a eurytopic species that occurs in various types of decaying plant matter, including compost, seaweed and hay piles, and is common along muddy shores of water bodies ( Palm 1970). It can be collected in very large numbers using a car net (Brunke et al. 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge S. P. @ Oliverian Brook, 3.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese maple litter along stream in forest, 1 male .