Mocyta breviuscula (Mäklin)

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 : 56

99. Mocyta breviuscula (Mäklin)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2015b), Table 1

References. Mäklin, 1852. Bernhauer 1907. Casey 1910. Lohse and Smetana 1985. Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski et al. 2007b, 2008a,b, 2011, 2015b, 2016d, 2018, 2020, 2021. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b. Webster et al. 2009. Brunke et al. 2012.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, CA, NH (NSR), NV, OR.

Collection and Habitat data. A NH male was captured in September in alder litter at an old-growth boreal forest site a short distance from the border with Quebec. In AK found in wet boreal forests; forest edge with Populus tremuloides and Salix spp. ; decaying mushrooms; ant nest under rock, alpine tundra; alpine Salix, Valeriana , shrubs; creek-side/ocean beach confluence, under boards and driftwood; and in a fireweed, grass habitat ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada frequently captured in pitfall traps in various forest types such as birch, spruce-lichen, spruce-poplar, fir; also, in vegetation on coastal dunes, in disturbed fields among grass and weeds, and on shrubby limestone barrens ( Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018). In QC taken by pitfall traps in yellow birch/balsam fir forests, and (ON) sifted from litter in an oak savanna/alvar ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018). In BC specimens were found in aspen litter beside high pond, in moss and alder litter at a cold stream, and in sedges at edge of creek ( Klimaszewski et al. 2020).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Norton Pool , 2 mi E East Inlet Dam, 7.IX.1984, D.S. Chandler, sift alder litter, 1 male .