Oxypoda perexilis Casey

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 : 108

229. Oxypoda perexilis Casey

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

References. Casey 1906, 1911, Blatchley 1910, Moore and Legner 1975, Majka and Klimaszewski 2010, Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NS, ON, QC. USA: IA, IN, MO, MS, NC, NH (NSR), TX.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH found in silver maple litter along stream in forest, forest litter, and old river drift. Over half of the specimens were taken in a silver maple floodplain forest. Collected by sifting and by use of pitfall traps. In Canada taken in pastures and dry alvar habitats; some sifted from forest litter, otherwise little is known about the specific microhabitat associations of this species ( Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Hell Gate, Dead Dimond River , 1400’, 12.VII.1974, R.M. Reeves, pitfall trap, 1 male . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , 3.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese silver maple litter along stream in forest, 1 female ; 22.VI.1992, 14.VII.1992, 26.VIII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese old river drift, 2 males, 5 females, 1 sex? Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, Haverhill , 2.X.1991, D.S. Chandler, sift forest litter, 1 male . Strafford Co.: 4 mi SW Durham , 13.VIII.1969, R.L. Blickle, pitfall, 1 male .