Batrisodes spp.

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 : 22

Batrisodes spp. (female) ( Fig. 44 )

Comments. Female Batrisodes Reitter cannot be reliably identified. These female specimens are probably representative of the twelve described and five known but undescribed species that have been collected in GSMNP. Range: Eastern North America. Habitat: within this genus some members are found in leaf litter, mosses, and rotten wood, others are associated with ants or caves. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter. Biology: poorly known, but see Park (1932b) about feeding behavior of Batrisodes lineaticollis Aubé (as B. globosus LeConte ). Present Study: indifferent to substrate, forest type, and season. References: Blatchley 1910; Park 1932b, 1947, 1948; Chandler 1990b; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 43–48. Habitus images. 43) Batrisodes beyeri Schaeffer (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 44) Batrisodes sp. (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 45) Conoplectus canaliculatus (LeConte) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 46) Ctenisodes sp. (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 47) Euboarhexius perscitus (Fletcher) (Staphylinidae:Pselaphinae).48) Eutyphlus dybasi Park (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).