Myllaena 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 : 20

Myllaena spp. ( Fig. 34 )

Comments. There are 22 species known from North America. Klimaszewski (1982), Klimaszewski and Génier (1986), and Klimaszewski and Frank (1992) provided a key to species and distributional data for this genus. Our specimens could not be identified due to time constraints. Range: throughout North America. Habitat: riparian habitats. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese leaf litter and rotten wood. Biology: unknown, adults have been collected year round. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in secondary forest, indifferent to substrate and season. References: Blatchley 1910; Kli- maszewski 1982; Klimaszewski and Génier 1986; Klimaszewski and Frank 1992; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001; Gouix and Klimaszewski 2007.

Figures

Figures 31–36. Habitus images. 31) Leptusa gimmeli Park and Carlton (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 32) Leptusa pusio (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 33) Leptusa sp. (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 34) Myllaena sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 35) Dasycerus sp. (Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). 36) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae).