Gyrophaena modesta 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 : 80

158. Gyrophaena modesta Casey

(Illustrations in Seevers 1951, Klimaszewski et al. 2009c, 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1906. Seevers 1951. Klimaszewski et al. 2009 c, 2011, 2018. Majka and Klimaszewski 2010. Majka et al. 2011. Brunke et al. 2012.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON. USA: IL, IN, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY.

Collection and Habitat data. A NH specimen was found in October on the side of a water tower. In Canada found in mixed hardwood and coniferous forests. Taken on/in fresh gilled mushrooms on the forest floor, in decaying gilled mushrooms, and on Pleurotus sp. on log; collected in association with grasses ( Klimaszewski et al. 2009 c, 2011, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham, 18.X.1987, W.J. Morse, water tower, 1 male .