Atheta (Microdota) amicula (Stephens)

Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald P., Sikes, Derek, Bourdon, Caroline & Labrecque, Myriam, 2015, A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and AthetaThomson, subgenusMicrodota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), ZooKeys 524, pp. 103-136 : 112-113

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Microdota) amicula (Stephens) Figs 49-55

Atheta (Microdota) amicula (For diagnosis, see Klimaszewski et al. 2011, Lee and Ahn 2015)

Aleochara amicula Stephens, 1832: 132. As Atheta (Microdota) : Brundin 1948, Palm 1970, Benick and Lohse 1974, Smetana 2004, Lee and Ahn 2015.

Distribution.

Atheta (Microdota) amicula is a Palaearctic species adventive in North America. It was reported in Canada based only on female specimens from NF and NS ( Majka and Klimaszewski 2008, Klimaszewski et al. 2011). In USA, it was recorded from WA ( Moore and Legner 1975). For Palaearctic distribution and synonymy of this species, see Lee and Ahn (2015).