Myrmoecia lauta (Casey)

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 : 91-92

186. Myrmoecia lauta (Casey)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1

References. Casey, 1893. Wasmann 1894 (as synonym M. picta Wasmann ). Seevers 1978. Klimaszewski et al. 2005b, 2018. Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2006. Hlaváč et al. 2011.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: ON, QC. USA: IN, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, WI.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH found in leaf litter along stream, and in litter along swamp margin. Adults taken in April and May. In Canada (ON) several specimens were captured under large boulders with Tapinoma ants in an alvar habitat. Probably associated with Tapinoma sp. ants (Dolichoderinae), as are other members of the genus ( Klimaszewski et al. 2005b, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Cheshire Co.: Rhododendron St. Park, 22.IV.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter along stream, 1 sex? Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham, 16.IV.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter along swamp margin, 9 sex? Durham , 23.V.1963, B. Botley, 1 sex ?