Oxypoda canadensis Klimaszewski, 2006

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 : 104

217. Oxypoda canadensis Klimaszewski

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1

References. Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021.

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

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in the northern/boreal portion of NH from alder and grass litter, birch/fir litter, in litter by stream, and by sifting Alnus and Spirea litter. Collected from May to September. In Canada recorded from mixed woods, deciduous birch-dominated or aspen-dominated forests, deciduous stands with developing white spruce understories, and fir forests; also taken in riparian habitats. Adults found in forest litter, rotting fungi, mosses including Sphagnum spp. , rotten logs, in lining of deserted beaver lodge, and in nest of Larus marinus L. (black-backed gull) ( Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Hwy 33, Second Connecticut Lake , 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift alder and grass litter, 2 males, 2 females . Norton Pool, 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 9–26.V.1986, 27.V–11.VI.1986, 12–24.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Halfway House , 18.VI.1982, 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch-fir litter, 4 females . Mt. Washington, Auto Road , 3000’, 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter by stream, 1 male . Mt. Washington, Auto Rd. mi 5.3, 4750’, Cragway Spring , 14.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Alnus and Spirea litter ( CNC), 5 males, 1 female . White Mts., Glen Boulder Trail , 2500’, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell ( CNC), 1 female .