Oxypoda hiemalis Casey, 1911

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 : 105-106

221. Oxypoda hiemalis Casey

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

References. Casey 1911. Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2021.

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

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were found in leaf litter along river edge, birch/fir litter, litter by stream, from alder, grass and tree leaf litters, and under leaf litter around pond. Collected from April to July, with a single specimen taken in September. In PA taken from Rhododendron leaf litter. In Canada taken from various deciduous and coniferous forests. Adults collected in leaf litter, moss, litter and Sphagnum near small body of water, in moist leaves on vernal pond margins, in litter at base of tree in Carex marsh, in lining of deserted beaver lodge, in moist grass litter on abandoned beaver pond margin, Microtus nests, marmot ( Marmota sp. ) burrows, litter around raspberry, in frass in tree holes of birch and maple, and in leaf litter on river margin. One individual was found in a lichen on a tree trunk ( Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Belknap Co.: Lower Gilmanton , 23.IV.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter, 1 female . Coos Co.: 3 mi E Stewartstown , 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter along river edge, 2 males . Mt. Washington, Halfway House , 18.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch-fir litter, 1 male, 1 female . Mt. Washington, Auto Road , 3000’, 25.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter by stream, 1 male . Hurlbert Swamp , 4 mi E West Stewartstown, 12.IX.1986, D.S. Chandler, sift grass and tree leaf litters, 1 female . Hwy. 33, Second Connecticut Lake , 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift alder and grass litter 2 males, 1 female . Pinkham Notch , 1.VII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift grass litter, 1 male . Rockingham Co.: Odiorne Point St. Pk., 14.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, under leaf litter around pond, 1 female . Pennsylvania, Huntingdon Co.: Rothrock St. Forest, Seeger Nat. Area , 900’, 30.V.1985, D.S. Chandler, sift Rhododendron leaf litter, 1 male .