Leptusa pusio (Casey)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 30

Leptusa pusio (Casey) ( Fig. 61 )

Range: Ohio, Tennessee. Habitat: forest leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting leaf litter (with Berlese funnel), and collected from dead wood with emergence chamber. Biology: unknown. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly higher abundance in CWD5, primary forest, and spring. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in primary forest. References: Downie and Arnett 1996; Gusarov 2003e; Park et al. 2010.

Figures

Figures 57–62. Habitus images. 57) Athetini sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 58) Atheta sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 59) Leptusa carolinensis Pace (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 60) Leptusa cribratula (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 61) Leptusa pusio (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 62) Leptusa sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).