Hylota cryptica Klimaszewski and Webster

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 : 100

203. Hylota cryptica Klimaszewski and Webster

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, Brunke et al. 2021), Table 1

References. Webster et al. 2016. Klimaszewski et al. 2016 a, 2018. Brunke et al. 2021. Plante and Théry 2022. Webster et al. 2022a,b.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: AB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC. USA (NCR): NH (NSR).

Collection and Habitat data. In NH taken under bark and by a black light trap in May. In Canada captured in Lindgren funnel or flight intercept traps in various hardwood, coniferous, and mixed forests ( Webster et al. 2016, Klimaszewski et al. 2018). In QC specimens were taken from two large nests of the carpenter ant Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus) in conifer stumps in old mixed forests ( Plante and Théry 2022).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: Ossipee, 1971, black light trap, 2 females . Strafford Co.: 3 mi SE Dover, 15.V.1988, D.S. Chandler, under bark, 2 females .