Sunius rufipes (Casey)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 21

Sunius rufipes (Casey) ( Fig. 39 )

Range: North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Habitat: damp litter, under bark. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, UV light. Biology: unknown, Paederinae are considered predators. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter and primary forest, indifferent to season. References: Casey 1905 (as Hemimedon rufipes Casey ).

Figures

Figures 37–42. Habitus images. 37) Anotylus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 38) Carpelimus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 39) Sunius rufipes (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Paederinae).40) Actiastes fundatum Grigarick and Schuster (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 41) Actiastes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 42) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).