Neotobia alberta Ashe

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 : 85

171. Neotobia alberta Ashe

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

References. Ashe 1992. Webster et al. 2009. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: AB, MB, NB, ON, QC. USA: ME, NH, WI.

Collection and Habitat data. One NH female was captured by sifting birch/beech leaf litter in October. In Canada found in hardwood, mixed, and conifer forests in various fungi growing on dead standing trees (especially Populus ) and logs; adults were collected from slightly dried Pleurotus mushrooms, polypore fungi in early stages of decay, in decaying Hapalopilus nidulans (Fr.) Karst. (a fleshy polypore fungus) on dead standing Populus and logs, and in Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill on a dead standing red oak. Elsewhere found in polypore mushrooms, especially members of Polyporus and Coriolus ( Webster et al. 2009) .

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Grafton Co.: Hubbard Brook Exp. Forest, Bear Brook , 1500’, 15.X.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch / beech leaf litter, 1 female .